Blue Jackets at Coyotes

BLUE JACKETS (8-5-0) at COYOTES (2-13-1)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Yegor Chinakhov -- Cole Sillinger -- Jakub Voracek
Gustav Nyquist -- Boone Jenner -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Alexandre Texier
Gregory Hofmann -- Jack Roslovic -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Jake Bean
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther -- Adam Boqvist
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Kevin Stenlund, Gabriel Carlsson
Injured: Dean Kukan (wrist), Emil Bemstrom (oblique strain), Patrik Laine (oblique strain)
Coyotes projected lineup
Lawson Crouse -- Travis Boyd -- Clayton Keller
Alex Galchenyuk -- Barrett Hayton -- Phil Kessel
Antoine Roussel -- Jay Beagle -- Loui Eriksson
Ryan Dzingel -- Jan Jenik -- Liam O'Brien
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Kyle Capobianco -- Cam Dineen
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched:Hudson Fasching
Injured: Christian Fischer (upper body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Nick Schmaltz (upper body), Anton Stralman (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Andrew Ladd, Johan Larsson
Status report
Merzlikins will make his third consecutive start. … Dzingel will return after missing 10 games with an upper-body injury, Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. … Coyotes defenseman Conor Timmins had knee surgery and will be out for the season. ... Dmitrij Jaskin is expected to be out for the season; the Arizona forward was injured on a knee-to-knee hit with Nashville Predators defenseman Mark Borowiecki on Nov. 13. … Forwards Fischer and Schmaltz and Hutton, a goalie, each is week to week, Tourigny said. ... Coyotes assistant Phil Housley remains in COVID-19 protocol.