NHL-Shield

BLUE JACKETS (6-5-3) at BLACKHAWKS (6-4-4)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Patrik Laine -- Jack Roslovic -- Cam Atkinson
Max Domi -- Kevin Stenlund -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eric Robinson -- Riley Nash -- Nick Foligno
Mikhail Grigorenko -- Boone Jenner -- Alexandre Texier
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Seth Jones
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Michael Del Zotto -- Andrew Peeke
Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched:Gabriel Carlsson, Dean Kukan
Injured:Matiss Kivlenieks (lower body), Zach Werenski (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Mattias Janmark -- Pius Suter -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Dominik Kubalik
Brandon Hagel -- Carl Soderberg -- Philipp Kurashev
Matthew Highmore -- David Kampf
Duncan Keith -- Ian Mitchell
Calvin de Haan -- Lucas Carlsson
Nikita Zadorov -- Nicolas Beaudin
Madison Bowey
Kevin Lankinen
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Adam Boqvist, Lucas Carlsson, Collin Delia, Lucas Wallmark
Injured:Connor Murphy (right hip), Brent Seabrook (lower back), Andrew Shaw (concussion protocol), Jonathan Toews (illness)
COVID-19 protocol:Ryan Carpenter
Status report
Peeke will make his season debut in place of Kukan, a defenseman. … Stenlund moves up from the fourth line to the second in place of Texier. … Merzlikins was activated from injured reserve after being out three games with an upper-body injury. … The Blackhawks will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for a second straight game. … Murphy, a defenseman, is out 10-14 days. … Highmore is in for Shaw, a forward who was placed in NHL concussion protocol after he took an elbow to the face during a 2-1 overtime win at the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. … Wallmark, a forward, will not play after being removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday.