SENATORS (26-33-4) at BLUE JACKETS (22-33-10)
7 p.m. ET; BSOH, TSN5, RDS2
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Mathieu Joseph -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Ridly Greig -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Dominik Kubalik
Boris Katchouk -- Mark Kastelic -- Parker Kelly
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Jakob Chychrun -- Maxence Guenette
Erik Brannstrom -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Anton Forsberg
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: None
Injured: Thomas Chabot (lower body), Josh Norris (shoulder), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Travis Hamonic (undisclosed), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Rourke Chartier (upper body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Alex Nylander
Trey Fix-Wolansky -- Dmitri Voronkov -- Kirill Marchenko
Alexandre Texier -- Cole Sillinger -- Mikael Pyyhtia
Carson Meyer -- Brendan Gaunce -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Werenski -- Adam Boqvist
Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson
Jake Bean -- Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: None
Injured: Adam Fantilli (calf), Patrik Laine (upper body), Justin Danforth (concussion), Sean Kuraly (lower body), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body)
Status report
Kelly will return after serving a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Andreas Englund during a 4-3 overtime loss March 7. … Forsberg will start after Korpisalo started the past three games. ... Forwards Chinakhov and Kuraly each was injured in a 3-0 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. … Pyyhtia was recalled on an emergency basis from Cleveland of the American Hockey on Wednesday. ... He, Meyer, Fix-Wolansky and Gaunce each has been recalled in the past week. …. Marchenko returns after missing one game due to illness. … Merzlikins starts after allowing three goals on four shots and being pulled at 5:48 of the first period Tuesday; Tarasov made 19 saves in relief.
