Blue Jackets at Bruins

BLUE JACKETS (23-43-7) at BRUINS (57-12-5)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Kirill Marchenko
Lane Pederson -- Jack Roslovic -- Kent Johnson
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Trey Fix-Wolansky
Liam Foudy -- Hunter McKown -- Emil Bemstrom
Tim Berni -- Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther -- Billy Sweezey
Marcus Bjork
Michael Hutchinson
Jon Gillies
Scratched: None
Injured: Jake Christiansen (illness), Adam Boqvist (illness), Patrik Laine (upper body), Nick Blankenburg (ankle), Mathieu Olivier (leg), Erik Gudbranson (shoulder), Elvis Merzlikins (lower body), Jake Bean (shoulder), Zach Werenski (shoulder), Justin Danforth (shoulder)
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
Jakub Lauko -- Tomas Nosek -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo
Jakub Zboril -- Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Matt Grzelcyk, Oskar Steen, A.J. Greer
Injured: Taylor Hall (lower body), Nick Foligno (lower body), Derek Forbort (lower body)
Status report
Neither Christiansen nor Boqvist, each a defensemen, participated in the Blue Jackets morning skate Thursday; Columbus coach Brad Larsen said he hopes one of the two will be able to play but it will be a game-time decision. … Bjork was recalled on an emergency basis from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Hutchinson will make his third start in four games. ... Lauko will return after missing a 2-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday because of an upper-body injury. ... Ullmark and Swayman will alternate starts for the 19th straight game.