BLUE JACKETS (7-4-0) at ISLANDERS (5-5-1)
5 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSGSN
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Adam Fantilli — Miles Wood
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Kent Johnson — Isac Lundestrom — Zach Aston-Reese
Zach Werenski — Denton Mateychuk
Ivan Provorov — Damon Severson
Dante Fabbro — Jake Christiansen
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Yegor Chinakhov, Dysin Mayo
Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip)
Islanders projected lineup
Mathew Barzal — Bo Horvat — Emil Heineman
Jonathan Drouin — Calum Ritchie — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Anthony Duclair
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Matthew Schaefer — Scott Mayfield
Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Maxim Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist
Injuries: Maxim Shabanov (upper body), Pierre Engvall (Injured Reserve, offseason hip surgery, season-ending ankle surgery), Semyon Varlamov (Injured Reserve, knee surgery), Ethan Bear (Injured Reserve, upper body)
Status Report:
Neither team held a morning skate. … The Blue Jackets are playing the second of back-to-back games after they won 3-2 against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. … Aston-Reese replaces Chinakhov with Wood moving up to the second line and Johnson to the fourth. … Ritchie, who made his Islanders debut Friday in their 3-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Friday, is expected to remain in the lineup.
