Blue Jackets at Devils preview

BLUE JACKETS (17-10-1) at DEVILS (16-7-4)
7 p.m. ET; MSG+, FS-O, NHL.TV

Devils goaltender Cory Schneider will make his fourth start in the past five games after making 41 saves in a 4-1 win against the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. Schneider is 11-8-2 with a 2.20 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in 21 games against the Blue Jackets.
Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to make his third straight start. He had 32 saves against the Devils on Tuesday.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets rookie center Pierre-Luc Dubois has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games.
Left wing Taylor Hall, who is expected to play his 100th game as with the Devils, has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past six games. Hall has 82 points (29 goals, 53 assists) and 331 shots on goal in 99 games with the Devils.

They said it

"[Our power play] has been a little frustrating. We're just trying to take it back to basics. The skill is on the ice; it's just a matter of chemistry and finding the back of the net. You see every once in a while, we show a little glimpse of it, but we have to be more consistent." -- Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones
"We had a good game in Columbus [on Tuesday], but we don't want to be satisfied. We have positive energy and we know they have frustrated energy, so they'll come at us for sure. We've got to be ready from the beginning and just play our game." -- Devils center Nico Hischier

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Josh Anderson
Nick Foligno -- Alexander Wennberg -- Cam Atkinson
Matt Calvert -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner -- Lukas Sedlak -- Tyler Motte
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- David Savard
Scott Harrington -- Gabriel Carlsson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Markus Hannikainen
Injured:Ryan Murray (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (upper body)

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Marcus Johansson -- Travis Zajac -- Stefan Noesen
Brian Gibbons -- Blake Coleman -- Drew Stafford
Miles Wood -- Brian Boyle -- Jimmy Hayes
Andy Greene -- Sami Vatanen
John Moore -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Steven Santini
Cory Schneider
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched:Dalton Prout, Ben Lovejoy, Pavel Zacha
Injured:Mirco Mueller (collarbone), Kyle Palmieri (broken right foot)

Status report

Werenski missed practice Wednesday for a maintenance day but practiced Thursday and is expected to play. ... Kinkaid will start at the New York Rangers on Saturday. ... Palmieri, who will miss his eighth straight game, has skated on his own the past two days.

Stat pack

Anderson has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past seven games. ... Bratt has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games.