Blue Jackets at Jets preview

BLUE JACKETS (4-1-0) at JETS (3-2-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-O, NHL.TV

Jets forward
Kyle Connor
, who was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Monday, will make his season debut. Connor, who had five points in 20 games last season, replaces forward Mathieu Perreault, who sustained a lower-body injury in a 2-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, on the second line. Perreault is expected to miss four weeks.
Steve Mason will make his third start of the season and first in three games. He has a 6.53 goals-against average and a .831 save percentage, having allowed 11 goals in two games.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin has seven points (one goal, six assists) in five games. He has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past two games.
Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers was named the NHL's First Star of the Week on Monday after scoring seven points (five goals, two assists) in his past three games.

They said it

"The chances have been there a ton for me. I could've put a few in the net, but I'm going to stick with it. Other times, I've gotten down on myself, but it's a big year. Guys like me need to step up offensively and help out."-- Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert, who has yet to score this season, said on Monday.
"We kind of left him out to dry there the first couple of games. We all know he is a good goalie, we see how hard he works at practice and just the kind of guy he is." -- Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba on Steve Mason

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Alex Wennberg -- Cam Atkinson
Matt Calvert -- Nick Foligno -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Sonny Milano -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Josh Anderson
Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Lukas Sedlak -- Zac Dalpe
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Joonas Korpisalo
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Scott Harrington, Markus Hannikainen
Injured: Boone Jenner (back), Sam Vigneault (hand), Gabriel Carlsson (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Shawn Matthias -- Andrew Copp -- Brandon Tanev
Marko Dano -- Nic Petan -- Joel Armia
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Toby Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien
Tucker Poolman -- Tyler Myers
Steve Mason
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched:Ben Chiarot
Injured: Matt Hendricks (lower body), Adam Lowry (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body)

Status report

Jenner skated prior to the morning skate on Tuesday but will not play. … Kulikov and Lowry won't play but could return Friday, coach Paul Maurice said.

Stat pack

Wennberg has five points (one goal, four assists) in five games. … Wheeler has five assists in five games. … Scheifele has five points (three goals, two assists) in five games. … Maurice is one win shy of 600 for his NHL coaching career.