Blue Jackets at Penguins preview

BLUE JACKETS (22-13-2) at PENGUINS (18-16-3)
7 p.m. ET; ATTSN-PT, FS-O, NHL.TV

Letang is day-to-day with a lower-body injury, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. He did not participate in Pittsburgh's morning skate after playing 23:44 in a 4-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.
Blue Jackets forwards Cam Atkinson and Alex Wennberg also will not play. Atkinson will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken foot sustained in a 2-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Wennberg, who injured his back in a 3-2 shootout loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday in which Letang scored the deciding goal, will also be out 4-6 weeks. Each was placed on injured reserve.
The Blue Jackets are 2-0-1 in their past three games, including the shootout loss at Pittsburgh six days ago that was one of two wins for the Penguins in their past seven games (2-5-0).

Players to watch

Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones has three goals and two assists during a four-game point streak. He had an assist against the Penguins on Thursday.
Penguins center Sidney Crosby has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past six games after scoring 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in his previous nine. He had one assist Thursday.

They said it

"It's part of the League. Injuries are a part of the game. Next man up. We're going to go play." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella
"I think when Kris is at his best is when he's playing. … He's an invaluable player for us." -- Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, on if he's ever considered resting Letang

Blue Jackets projected lineup

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

Penguins projected lineup

Conor Sheary -- Sidney Crosby -- Patric Hornqvist
Jake Guentzel -- Evgeni Malkin -- Phil Kessel
Carl Hagelin -- Riley Sheahan -- Bryan Rust
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Carter Rowney -- Ryan Reaves
Brian Dumoulin -- Matt Hunwick
Olli Maatta -- Chad Ruhwedel
Ian Cole -- Jamie Oleksiak
Matt Murray
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Dominik Simon](https://www.nhl.com/player/dominik-simon-8478866?season=20172018)
Injured: Kris Letang (lower body), Justin Schultz (lower body)

Status report

Werenski (upper body) participated in the morning skate but will miss his fourth straight game. … Schultz (lower body) skated alone and will miss his ninth straight game.

Stat pack

The Blue Jackets are last in the NHL on the power play (12.1 percent) but have scored a power-play goal in four consecutive games (4-of-14, 28.6 percent) and are 6-for-26 (23.1 percent) in their past nine games. … Before losing 4-0 to the Ducks on Saturday, the Penguins had gone 75 straight games (regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs) without being shut out.