Devils at Blue Jackets preview

DEVILS (18-20-7) at BLUE JACKETS (27-15-3)
7 p.m. ET; FS-O, MSG+2, NHL.TV

Columbus is 10-3-0 in the past 13 games and has won six of its past seven games against Metropolitan Division opponents.
New Jersey is going for its third straight win after a three-game losing streak (0-3-0). The Devils won 8-5 against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday to win consecutive games for the first time since winning three in a row from Dec. 27-31; they had won 3-2 against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Players to watch

Devils forward Blake Coleman has six points (four goals, two assists) in an NHL-career high four-game point streak.
Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin has five points (four goals, one assist) in the past three games and 16 points (eight goals, eight assists) in the past 11 games.

They said it

"We've got to go in with desperation against a really, really good team. They didn't play (Monday). They're at home waiting. They're a difficult team to play against in their building." -- Devils forward Brian Boyle, on the Blue Jackets
"I don't think either team is happy giving up that many goals. You probably won't see a game like that tonight, but you never know." -- Blue Jackets forward Boone Jenner on Columbus' 7-5 win against the New York Rangers on Sunday and the Devils allowing five goals Monday

Devils projected lineup

Marcus Johansson -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Miles Wood -- Travis Zajac -- Blake Coleman
Brett Seney -- Pavel Zacha -- Jesper Bratt
Brian Boyle --
Kevin Rooney
-- Drew Stafford
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Sami Vatanen
Mirco Mueller -- Ben Lovejoy
Keith Kinkaid
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched:Steven Santini, Blake Pietila, Cameron Johnson, Egor Yakovlev
Injured:Joey Anderson (ankle), Taylor Hall (lower body), Cory Schneider (abdominal strain), Stefan Noesen (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

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

Status report

The Devils did not have a morning skate. … Wood left in the third period against Chicago with an undisclosed injury but traveled to Columbus. … Korpisalo starts for the third time in four games.

Stat pack

Hischier has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 12 games. ... John Tortorella will coach his 285th game with the Blue Jackets, moving him past Ken Hitchcock for the most games coached in Columbus history. Tortorella is 156-102-26 since being named coach Oct. 21, 2015. … Atkinson has four points (two goals, two assists) during a three-game point streak.