BLUE JACKETS (37-21-11) at ISLANDERS (39-26-5)
7 p.m. ET (FDSNOH, MSGSN, TVAS)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson — Sean Monahan — Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Isac Lundestrom — Boone Jenner — Danton Heinen
Zach Werenski — Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Miles Wood, Dimitri Voronkov, Egor Zamula, Jake Christiansen
Injured: None
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Mathew Barzal
Anthony Duclair — Brayden Schenn — Emil Heineman
Ondrej Palat — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Calum Ritchie — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Max Shabanov (lower body), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Status Report
Each team is on the second of a back to back and did not have morning skates. … Greaves is expected to start for Columbus after Merzlikins made 15 saves in a 5-2 win against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. … Sorokin, who was pulled after he allowed six goals on 32 shots in a 7-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, will likely start back-to-back games for the first time this season.
