Blue Jackets at Penguins

BLUE JACKETS (20-37-6) at PENGUINS (31-22-9)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson -- Jack Roslovic -- Patrik Laine
Eric Robinson -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Liam Foudy -- Lane Pederson -- Emil Bemstrom
Tim Berni -- Erik Gudbranson
Nick Blankenburg -- Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther -- Adam Boqvist
Elvis Merzlikins
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched: None
Injured: Justin Danforth (torn labrum), Sean Kuraly (left oblique strain)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Drew O'Connor -- Mikael Granlund -- Jeff Carter
Danton Heinen -- Nick Bonino -- Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Jeff Petry
Dmitry Kulikov -- Jan Rutta
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Alexander Nylander
Injured: Ryan Poehling (upper body)
Status report
Merzlikins will make his fifth straight start; he allowed four goals on 23 shots before being replaced by Hutchinson at 3:04 of the second period in his last start, a 5-2 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. … Guentzel participated in an optional morning skate Tuesday and will play missing practice Monday because of a maintenance day. ... Kulikov will make his Penguins debut after being acquired in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. ... Jarry will start for the third time in four games. ... Nylander was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday on an emergency with Poehling being placed on long-term injured reserve.