Blue Jackets at Coyotes

BLUE JACKETS (18-34-4) at COYOTES (19-28-9)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Kirill Marchenko -- Boone Jenner -- Patrik Laine
Kent Johnson -- Cole Sillinger -- Lane Pederson
Liam Foudy -- Jack Roslovic -- Emil Bemstrom
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier
Tim Berni -- Erik Gudbranson
Nick Blankenburg -- Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther -- Adam Boqvist
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Vladislav Gavrikov
Injured: Johnny Gaudreau (lower body), Gustav Nyquist (shoulder), Carson Meyer (oblique), Yegor Chinakhov (ankle)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli -- Nick Bjugstad - - Lawson Crouse
Nick Ritchie -- Travis Boyd -- Christian Fischer
Liam O'Brien -- Jack McBain
Juuso Valimaki -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Patrik Nemeth -- J.J. Moser
Victor Soderstrom -- Troy Stecher
Josh Brown
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Jakob Chychrun, Zack Kassian
Injured: None
Status report
Merzlikins is expected to start after Korpisalo made 28 saves in a 4-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Saturday. ... Gaudreau, a forward, could miss a second consecutive game after playing 349 in a row. … Gostisbehere likely will return after missing eight games since Jan. 24 with an upper-body injury. … Chychrun, a defenseman, is expected to sit out for a fifth consecutive game for trade-related reasons.