SHARKS (32-31-7) at BLUE JACKETS (38-23-11)
5 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, NBCSCA+
Sharks projected lineup
Igor Chernyshov — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Collin Graf
Pavol Regenda — Michael Misa — Kiefer Sherwood
Barclay Goodrow — Zack Ostapchuk — Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov — John Klingberg
Shakir Mukhamadullin — Mario Ferraro
Sam Dickinson — Vincent Desharnais
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Nick Leddy, Philipp Kurashev
Injured: Tyler Toffoli (lower body), Ryan Reaves (upper body), Ty Dellandrea (lower body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Danton Heinen — Sean Monahan — Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Isac Lundestrom — Boone Jenner — Miles Wood
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Egor Zamula — Ivan Provorov
Denton Mateychuk — Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Kent Johnston, Dimitri Voronkov, Jake Christiansen
Injured: Damon Severson (upper body)
Status report
Askarov practiced Friday after sustaining an undisclosed injury during the Sharks’ 2-1 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Askarov left the game at 9:06 of the second period after Blues forward Nathan Walker was shoved into the net by Desharnais. … Severson is going to be out week to week, Columbus coach Rick Bowness said. The defenseman left a 2-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday with 8:21 remaining in the third period after a check by Montreal forward Zachary Bolduc.
