Blue Jackets at Flames preview

BLUE JACKETS (40-28-4) at FLAMES (44-21-7)
9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, FS-O, ESPN+, NHL.TV

The Flames, who are 3-1-0 in their past four games and 10-5-0 in their past 15, lead the San Jose Sharks by one point in the conference and division races. Calgary, which on Sunday became the first team from the Western Conference to clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, has played one fewer game than San Jose.
The Blue Jackets, who are 2-0-1 in their past three games and 4-2-1 in their past seven, lead the Montreal Canadiens by three points for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference and trail the Carolina Hurricanes by one point for the first wild card.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 4-1-0 with a 1.39 goals-against average, .955 save percentage and one shutout in his past five starts.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past three games.

They said it

"These last 10 games, especially tonight, starts tonight, we have to treat it like a playoff Game 7. Calgary already clinched. They're obviously a good team and we're fighting for our lives. These are the games you want to play as a player, for sure."-- Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson
"Every game is important. Home ice throughout the Western Conference would be huge and we want to have the best matchups in the playoffs going forward also. It's really important for us." -- Flames forward Derek Ryan

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Alexander Wennberg -- Matt Duchene -- Josh Anderson
Lukas Sedlak -- Boone Jenner -- Riley Nash
Brandon Dubinsky -- Eric Robinson -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Scott Harrington -- Adam McQuaid
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Dean Kukan, Markus Hannikainen, Nick Foligno, Keith Kinkaid
Injured: Ryan Dzingel (undisclosed), Ryan Murray (upper body)

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Derek Ryan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mark Jankowski -- Austin Czarnik
Alan Quine
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Curtis Lazar
-- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oscar Fantenberg -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Oliver Kylington, Dalton Prout, Michael Stone
Injured:James Neal (upper body), Sam Bennett (upper body), Sean Monahan (upper body)

Status report

Columbus did not have a morning skate. …Dzingel, who was injured in a 2-1 overtime loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday, is questionable. …Monahan and Bennett each participated in morning skate but are doubtful. … Lazar is expected to play his first NHL game since April 7, 2018.

Stat pack

Anderson has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past three games. … Lindholm has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past three games.