FLYERS (24-18-9) at BLUE JACKETS (24-20-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT
Flyers projected lineup
Trevor Zegras — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey — Sean Couturier — Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin — Lane Pederson — Carl Grundstrom
Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler — Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Garnett Hathaway, Emil Andrae
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Dimitri Voronkov — Isac Lundestrom — Miles Wood
Zach Werenski — Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov — Denton Mateychuk
Egor Zamula — Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Danton Heinen
Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Dante Fabro (lower body)
Status report
Vladar was activated from injured reserve and will start after missing six games because of a lower-body injury. To make room on the roster, goalie Aleksei Kolosov was returned to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. … Wood and Mateychuk each will return. Wood, who was activated from injured reserve, missed 12 games because of an upper-body injury and replaces Heinen, a forward. Mateychuk missed six games because of an upper-body injury and replaces Christiansen, a defenseman. … The Blue Jackets assigned forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Brendan Gaunce to Cleveland of the AHL after each player cleared waivers.
