Blue Jackets at Blues preview

BLUE JACKETS (4-4-0) at BLUES (2-3-3)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, FS-0, NHL.TV

Allen will make his eighth start in nine games for St. Louis, which last had a seven-game homestand from Jan. 8-29, 2015; the Blues went 6-0-1.
Goalie Joonas Korpisalo will start for the Blue Jackets for the first time since Oct. 11. Columbus has lost three of its past four games (1-3-0), including two straight when its been outscored 8-2.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games and 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 16 games against the Blues.
Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly has six points (two goals, four assists) during a three-game point streak.

They said it

"It's not just checking, it's just having a little bit of an attitude of to me, playing the right way. I think we have an order of things of how we have to play in the wrong order. ... We need to get some things straightened out." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella
"I think you have to get a little bit of swagger back. At home, seven games, good opportunity to get a lot of points, start putting some in the bank and obviously making sure we take care of home ice." -- Blues defenseman Colton Parayko

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Alex Wennberg -- Anthony Duclair
Boone Jenner -- Nick Foligno -- Josh Anderson
Lukas Sedlak -- Riley Nash -- Markus Hannikainen
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Joonas Korpisalo
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Adam Clendening, Dean Kukan, Sonny Milano
Injured:Brandon Dubinsky (oblique strain)

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Zach Sanford -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Alexander Steen -- Tyler Bozak -- Pat Maroon
Ivan Barbashev -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Jordan Kyrou
Vince Dunn -- Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Jay Bouwmeester -- Jordan Schmaltz
Jake Allen
Chad Johnson
Scratched:Robert Thomas, Jakub Jerabek
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report

Hannikainen will make his season debut and replace Milano. Harrington will replace Kukan on defense. ... Bortuzzo was placed on injured reserve and will be re-evaluated in two weeks. ... Sundqvist will make his season debut; he missed eight games with a concussion. ... Blues forward Robby Fabbri, defenseman Carl Gunnarsson and forward Nikita Soshnikov each were assigned to San Antonio of the American Hockey League for a conditioning stint.

Stat pack

Panarin has two assists in his past four games after he had seven points (three goals, four assists) the previous four games. ... Perron has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past six games. ... Bouwmeester needs one point for 400 in the NHL.