Blue Jackets at Lightning

BLUE JACKETS (14-15-8) at LIGHTNING (24-9-2)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Max Domi -- Patrik Laine
Boone Jenner -- Jack Roslovic -- Cam Atkinson
Riley Nash -- Alexandre Texier -- Nick Foligno
Eric Robinson -- Zac Dalpe -- Liam Foudy
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov -- David Savard
Mikko Lehtonen -- Dean Kukan
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Kevin Stenlund, Michael Del Zotto, Gabriel Carlsson, Scott Harrington
Injured: Emil Bemstrom (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon -- Ross Colton -- Mathieu Joseph
Victor Hedman -- Cal Foote
Ryan McDonagh -- Luke Schenn
Andreas Borgman -- Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Gemel Smith
Injured: Mitchell Stephens (upper body) Erik Cernak (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Status report
Bjorkstrand will play after missing practice Wednesday because of an illness. ... McDonagh could return after missing four games with a lower-body injury; other changes could be made depending on his availability. ... Stephens, a forward, is day to day. He took part in a morning skate along with Cernak, a defenseman, and forward
Nikita Kucherov
, who has not played this season while recovering from offseason hip surgery.