Blue Jackets at Avalanche preview

BLUE JACKETS (23-15-3) at AVALANCHE (20-16-3)
9 p.m. ET; ALT, FS-O, NHL.TV

Bobrovsky made 21 saves in a 2-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday to earn his 200th victory in the NHL. The Blue Jackets ended a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) and are 3-4-2 in their past nine games.
Goalie Jonathan Bernier will start for the Avalanche, who will attempt to win a season-high fourth straight game. Bernier made 22 saves in a 3-2 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday in relief of Semyon Varlamov, who is day to day with a lower-body injury.
Colorado is 3-1-0 in the first four games of a six-game homestand and 8-3-1 in its past 12 games.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his past 10 games.
Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon has eight points (two goals, six assists) in a three-game point streak. He has 36 points (13 goals, 23 assists) in 21 home games.

They said it

"If we can get that, scratching and clawing, and try to limit the scoring chances against us and just be patient offensively, it gives us an opportunity to win. We've got to go about it this way." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on blocking 17 shots against Dallas
"I'm excited to get the chance to play and then we'll go from there. When you start playing more it makes it a lot easier. You know what to expect and you get into a rhythm and your confidence goes up." -- Avalanche goalie Jonathan Bernier

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Nick Foligno
Sonny Milano -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Matt Calvert -- Lukas Sedlak -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tyler Motte -- Jordan Schroeder -- Markus Hannikainen
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Scott Harrington -- Jack Johnson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Zac Dalpe, Dean Kukan
Injured:Cam Atkinson (fractured foot), Brandon Dubinsky (fractured orbital bone), Ryan Murray (upper body), Alex Wennberg (back)

Avalanche projected lineup

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
A.J. Greer -- Alex Kerfoot -- Nail Yakupov
Matt Nieto -- Carl Soderberg -- Blake Comeau
Colin Wilson -- Tyson Jost -- Gabriel Bourque
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Johnson
Patrik Nemeth -- Mark Barberio
Samuel Girard -- Anton Lindholm
Jonathan Bernier
Andrew Hammond
Scratched:Andrei Mironov
Injured:Sven Andrighetto (lower body), Tyson Barrie (fractured hand), J.T. Compher (upper body), Vladislav Kamenev (fractured arm), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)

Status report

The Blue Jackets didn't have a morning skate ... Dalpe was recalled from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Thursday.

Stat pack

Bobrovsky is the fourth Russian-born goalie with 200 NHL wins, joining Evgeni Nabokov (353), Nikolai Khabibulin (333) and Ilya Bryzgalov (221) ... The Avalanche have killed 36 of 37 penalties in their past 13 games