FLYERS (24-18-9) at BLUE JACKETS (24-20-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT
Flyers projected lineup
Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin -- Lane Pederson -- Carl Grundstrom
Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler -- Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Garnett Hathaway, Emil Andrae
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier
Dimitri Voronkov -- Isac Lundestrom -- Miles Wood
Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk
Egor Zamula -- Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Danton Heinen
Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Dante Fabro (lower body)
Status report
Vladar was activated from injured reserve and will start after missing six games because of a lower-body injury. To make room on the roster, goalie Aleksei Kolosov was returned to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. … Wood and Mateychuk each will return. Wood, who was activated from injured reserve, missed 12 games because of an upper-body injury and replaces Heinen, a forward. Mateychuk missed six games because of an upper-body injury and replaces Christiansen, a defenseman. ... The Blue Jackets assigned forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Brendan Gaunce to Cleveland of the AHL after each player cleared waivers.
