BLUE JACKETS (38-25-12) at HURRICANES (47-21-6)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNSO
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen
Kent Johnson — Isac Lundestrom — Miles Wood
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Egor Zamula — Ivan Provorov
Denton Mateychuk — Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Zach Aston-Reese, Jake Christiansen, Luca Del Bel Belluz
Injured: Damon Severson (upper body), Dmitri Voronkov (hand), Mathieu Olivier (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere — Alexander Nikishin
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mike Reilly
Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body)
Status report
The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate. … Marchment and Lundestrom will be game-time decisions after not practicing Wednesday. Del Bel Belluz is likely to enter the lineup if either forward cannot play. … Aston-Reese, a forward, was recalled from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
