Blue Jackets at Hurricanes preview

BLUE JACKETS (23-13-3) at HURRICANES (17-17-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-O, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky will start for the Blue Jackets; he's 5-1-0 with a 1.84 goals-against average, .941 save percentage and two shutouts in his past six starts.
Goalie Curtis McElhinney likely will start for the Hurricanes who have won two straight after going 3-8-2 in 13 games prior.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games and had a hat trick against Carolina in a 4-1 win on Nov. 17.
Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"There's always a worry about your own team. We've found a way to put some wins together here and there, but we have to be a better team. We have to improve as individuals and a team." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella
"It's tough to get [Teuvo Teravainen] to shoot. It's not his nature. He's unselfish. He wants to make other players put the goals in, but we needed some goals. We haven't had them all year." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour on Teravainen, who has 10 goals on 88 shots this season

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Anthony Duclair -- Alex Wennberg -- Josh Anderson
Markus Hannikainen -- Boone Jenner -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Lukas Sedlak -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Riley Nash
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Dean Kukan, Nick Foligno, Eric Robinson
Injured:None

Hurricanes projected lineup

Brock McGinn -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook -- Lucas Wallmark -- Justin Williams
Andrei Svechnikov -- Victor Rask -- Micheal Ferland
Warren Foegele -- Greg McKegg -- Saku Maenalanen
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Dougie Hamilton
Curtis McElhinney
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:None
Injured:Haydn Fleury (concussion), Jordan Staal (upper body), Clark Bishop (lower body)

Status report

The Blue Jackets held an optional morning skate. Foligno will miss his second straight game to be with his daughter who recently had surgery. … The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate. McKegg was recalled on an emergency basis from Charlotte of the American Hockey League, and Staal was placed on injured reserve Friday.

Stat pack

Panarin has nine points (three goals, six assists) in a five-game point streak. ... Dubois has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past six games. … The Hurricanes are 13-4-4 in their past 21 games against Columbus. Aho will play in his 200th NHL game.