Rangers at Blue Jackets preview

RANGERS (7-7-2) at BLUE JACKETS (9-6-1)
7 p.m. ET; FS-O, MSG, NHL.TV

The Blue Jackets also will look to extend their point streak to four games. They are 2-0-1 in the past three following a 2-1 win at the Washington Capitals on Friday.
The Rangers will look to extend their point streak to six games after a 3-2 overtime loss at the Detroit Red Wing on Friday ended its four-game winning streak.
Backup goalies Alexandar Georgiev of the Rangers and Joonas Korpisalo of the Blue Jackets are expected to start.

Players to watch

Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad has four points (goal, three assists) in the past three games and 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in the past 12 games.
Blue Jackets forward Anthony Duclair, who played for the Rangers in 2014-15, has a power-play goal in each of the past two games, to give him a Columbus-best four. His seven goals ties Josh Anderson for the Blue Jackets lead. He is a point shy of 100 in the NHL.

They said it

"It's less on individuals, more as a team. If you learn it as a team you learn how you need to play with the lead and be the aggressor when you can be and take the play to them." -- Rangers defenseman Marc Staal on holding leads
"We always believed in both units. With the personnel we have, all we have to do is work hard and the skill will take over." -- Blue Jackets forward Anthony Duclair after Columbus went 2-for-3 on the power play and killed four of five penalties against the Capitals, the NHL's best power play

Rangers projected lineup

Vladislav Namestnikov -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Chris Kreider -- Kevin Hayes -- Ryan Spooner
Jimmy Vesey -- Brett Howden -- Jesper Fast
Lias Andersson -- Filip Chytil -- Vinni Lettieri
Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo
Marc Staal -- Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Alexandar Georgiev
Henrik Lundqvist
Scratched: Cody McLeod
Injured: Fredrik Claesson (upper body), Adam McQuaid (lower body), Mats Zuccarello (groin)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Markus Hannikainen -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Riley Nash
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Alex Wennberg -- Anthony Duclair
Ryan Murray -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Zach Werenski -- Scott Harrington
Joonas Korpisalo
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Adam Clendening, Dean Kukan, Lukas Sedlak
Injured: None

Status report

Zuccarello will miss his second straight game. …Atkinson (ill) is expected back after not playing Friday … The Blue Jackets and Rangers did not hold morning skates.

Stat pack

Shattenkirk and Pionk scored 50 seconds apart against the Red Wings, the third straight game the Rangers have scored in a span of less than a minute. … The Blue Jackets are 3-for-6 on the power play in the past two games after an 0-for-20 streak.