Blue Jackets at Jets

BLUE JACKETS (7-12-2) at JETS (14-6-1)

Blue Jackets projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Patrik Laine
Kent Johnson -- Jack Roslovic -- Gustav Nyquist
Yegor Chinakhov -- Cole Sillinger -- Liam Foudy
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Carson Meyer
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Marcus Bjork
Jake Christiansen
-- Erik Gudbranson
Gavin Bayreuther -- Andrew Peeke
Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Tim Berni, Mathieu Olivier, Trey Fix-Wolansky
Injured: Justin Danforth (torn labrum), Adam Boqvist (broken foot), Jakub Voracek (upper body), Zach Werenski (torn labrum), Nick Blankenburg (broken ankle), Jake Bean (shoulder)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Morgan Barron
Cole Perfetti -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Saku Maenalanen -- Adam Lowry -- Sam Gagner
Jansen Harkins -- David Gustafsson -- Michael Eyssimont
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg -- Nate Schmidt
David Rittich
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, Kyle Capobianco, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Injured: Nikolaj Ehlers (undisclosed), Logan Stanley (foot), Mason Appleton (wrist)
Status report
Laine will return after missing seven games with an ankle sprain; he and Merzlikins each was activated off injured reserve Thursday. Merzlikins, who missed seven games with a hip injury, will back up Korpisalo. ... Goalie Daniil Tarasov was assigned to Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Gagner enters the lineup after two games as a healthy scratch. ... Jonsson-Fjallby, a forward, comes out. ... Rittich is expected to make his first start since making 24 saves in a 4-3 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Nov. 21.