Blue Jackets at Devils preview

BLUE JACKETS (29-25-5) at DEVILS (31-20-8)
7 p.m. ET; MSG+, FS-O, NHL.TV

Hall has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in the past 11 games for the Devils, who have won four in a row and are tied with the Philadelphia Flyers for third place in the Metropolitan Division. Forward David Pastrnak scored in 12 consecutive games with the Boston Bruins, from Nov. 22 to Dec. 18.
Hall has 12 goals and 14 assists during a personal 18-game point streak but missed three games with a thumb injury (Jan. 22-25).
The Blue Jackets have lost three in a row and have 63 points, one behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the second wild card from the Eastern Conference.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets left wing Artemi Panarin has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past six games
Devils center Nico Hischier has a goal in each of his past four games. He has four goals and four assists) in a five-game point streak.

They said it

"The guys that have know how great it is, and the guys that haven't, I'm sure they want a taste. That's obviously the goal. Our job is not to lose hockey games. It's to win. So, that's all we're going to be focused on." -- Blue Jackets defenseman Ryan Murray on playing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
"We are what are record says we are and right now we're in [the playoff] conversation for sure. We've hit some bumps and learned lessons. Our mindset is to keep winning these division games." -- Devils forward Brian Boyle

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson

Boone Jenner -- Alexander Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Matt Calvert -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Josh Anderson
Zac Dalpe
-- Lukas Sedlak -- Jussi Jokinen
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- Ryan Murray
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Markus Hannikainen
Injured:Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed), Dean Kukan (upper body), Nick Foligno (lower body)

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Jesper Bratt -- Pavel Zacha -- Drew Stafford
Blake Coleman -- Travis Zajac -- Stefan Noesen
Blake Pietila
-- Brian Boyle -- Jimmy Hayes
Andy Greene -- Sami Vatanen
John Moore -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Ben Lovejoy
Keith Kinkaid
Eddie Lack
Scratched:Nick Lappin, Mirco Mueller
Injured:link-placeholder-20, Brian Gibbons (broken right thumb), Marcus Johansson (concussion), Cory Schneider (lower body)
Suspended:Miles Wood

Status report

The Blue Jackets recalled Dalpe and Murray from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Monday. ... Schneider skated on his own Monday and Tuesday and will be re-evaluated Wednesday.

Stat pack

Dubois has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past six games. ... Kinkaid is 3-0-0 with a 2.66 goals-against average and .925 save percentage in his past three starts.