Blue Jackets at Canucks preview

BLUE JACKETS (40-30-4) at CANUCKS (32-33-10)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, FS-O, NHL.TV

Columbus is three points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference with a game in hand and five behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the first wild card. The Blue Jackets are 0-2-1 in their past three games after going 4-2-0 in their previous six.
The Canucks fell six points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card from the Western Conference after a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 4-2-0 with a 1.66 goals-against average, .946 save percentage and one shutout in his past six starts.
Canucks forward Brock Boeser has 10 points (four goals, six assists) during an NHL career high nine-game point streak.

They said it

"The biggest thing we have to cross with a couple weeks left is accept the pressure and try to enjoy being in it. That's a lot of our conversation. It should not be a task of 'man, this is hard.' This is where you should want to be. We're still in the hunt here." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella.
"It's going to be a playoff game again. These are fun games to be a part of, they are fun to play in and we have to continue to compete, tighten up the mistakes and make sure we bring our compete level and get after these guys in our building."-- Canucks center Jay Beagle

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Josh Anderson
Boone Jenner -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Dubinsky -- Riley Nash - Eric Robinson
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Dean Kukan -- Adam McQuaid
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Keith Kinkaid, Nick Foligno (personal), Markus Hannikainen, Lukas Sedlak, Scott Harrington
Injured:Ryan Murray (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

Josh Leivo -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Loui Eriksson
Markus Granlund -- Adam Gaudette -- Jake Virtanen
Sven Baertschi -- Jay Beagle -- Tyler Motte
Alexander Edler -- Alex Biega
Guillaume Brisebois
-- Troy Stecher
Ashton Sautner -- Luke Schenn
Thatcher Demko
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Nikolay Goldobin, Derrick Pouliot, Ryan Spooner, Tim Schaller, Josh Teves
Injured: Chris Tanev (undisclosed), Antoine Roussel (knee), Quinn Hughes (ankle), Ben Hutton (foot), Brandon Sutter (lower body)

Status report

Kukan replaces Harrington, who missed time after blocking a shot against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday but finished the game. … The Canucks did not skate Sunday, but Baertschi is expected to return after missing 22 games with a concussion.

Stat pack

Anderson has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past five games. … Pettersson has five points (one goal, five assists) in a five-game point streak.