BLUE JACKETS (25-20-7) at BLACKHAWKS (21-24-9)
8:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, CHSN, NHLN, SN, TVAS
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
Jake Christiansen — Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Danton Heinen, Egor Zamula
Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Dante Fabro (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Frank Nazar — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Ryan Greene — Oliver Moore — Andre Burakovsky
Tyler Bertuzzi — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Donato — Landon Slaggert — Colton Dach
Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Sam Lafferty
Injured: Nick Foligno (undisclosed)
Status report
Christiansen will enter the lineup and replace Zamula, who will be a healthy scratch. … The Blackhawks did not hold a morning skate following a 6-2 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday … Foligno, a forward and the Blackhawks’ captain, could be a game-time decision after playing 1:18 at Pittsburgh with an apparent injury.
