In one of the surprising lineup moves before the game last night, Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella announced that Markus Nutivaara and Kyle Quincey, mainstays on the third pairing since the injury of Ryan Murray, would not play in Game One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In their place, surprising many, were Gabriel Carlsson and Scott Harrington. Harrington has been seen as the bottom defenseman on the depth chart for much of the season. Carlsson just made his way to North America from Sweden less than two weeks ago.