Canucks at Blue Jackets preview

CANUCKS (13-16-3) at BLUE JACKETS (16-11-2)
7 p.m. ET; FS-O, SNP, NHL.TV

Canucks center Elias Pettersson, who leads NHL rookies with 30 points (15 goals, 15 assists), can extend his point streak to four games; he has eight-points (two goals, six assists) in a three-game streak. Pettersson became the sixth rookie in the NHL expansion era (since 1967-68) to record multiple games with at least five points when he had a goal and four assists in a 6-1 win at the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
The Blue Jackets have lost three of their past four (1-3-0), having been outscored 13-6 in two home defeats. They are 7-6-1 at home, where they play their next five games.

Players to watch

Canucks forward Brock Boeser has 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in his past seven games.
Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones has seven points (three goals, four assists) in the past six games and needs two points for 200 in the NHL.

They said it

"It's good memories but I also know what type of team it is and how hard they play and how hard they come out of the gate at you, the commitment it takes to beat this team." -- Canucks center Jay Beagle, who returned to Nationwide Arena for the first time since winning the Eastern Conference First Round with the Washington Capitals on April 23
"You have no chance to be thinking about anything mid-April or whenever that stuff starts, if we continue to go along this road here." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella

Canucks projected lineup

Nikolay Goldobin -- Bo Horvat -- Jake Virtanen
Josh Leivo -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Antoine Roussel -- Markus Granlund -- Loui Eriksson
Adam Gaudette -- Jay Beagle -- Tyler Motte
Alexander Edler -- Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson
Derrick Pouliot -- Troy Stecher
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched: Tim Schaller, Michael Del Zotto, Alex Biega, Tim Schaller
Injured: Brandon Sutter (shoulder), Sven Baertschi (concussion)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

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

Status report

Baertschi resumed skating Monday for the first time since sustaining a concussion Oct. 24 against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Stat pack

Horvat has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past five games. … Atkinson has 20 points (13 goals, seven assists) in his past 13 games. … Panarin has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past six games.