Jets at Blue Jackets preview

JETS (38-22-4) at BLUE JACKETS (36-25-3)
7 p.m. ET; SN, FS-O, NHL.TV

Lowry was suspended for high-sticking Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg on Friday.
The Jets, who are 2-4-1 in the past seven games and lead the Central Division by one point over the Nashville Predators, open a four-game road trip against Eastern Conference teams Sunday. Winnipeg is 15-8-2 against the East.
The Blue Jackets try to end their five-game homestand with a winning record (2-2-0) after a 4-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
Columbus is two points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

Players to watch

Jets forward Blake Wheeler has eight points (one goal, seven assists) during a five-game point streak.
Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin has four points (one goal, three assists) in the past four games.

They said it

"Usually these are tough games after Columbus had a loss like that. We've been on the other side of those where we've had losses and you know you get fired up for the next one." -- Jets forward Bryan Little
"It's like we're not quite at the compete level where we need to be each and every game. We have to understand that. We need a lot more energy and a lot more compete to be the team we expect to be." -- Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno

Jets projected lineup

Patrik Laine -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Kevin Hayes -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Brandon Tanev -- Andrew Copp -- Bryan Little
Mathieu Perreault -- Par Lindholm -- Jack Roslovic
Nathan Beaulieu -- Jacob Trouba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Ben Chiarot -- Sami Niku
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Matt Hendricks, Bogdan Kiselevich, Eric Comrie
Injured: Joe Morrow (lower body), Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Josh Morrissey (upper body)
Suspended: Adam Lowry

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Nick Foligno -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Eric Robinson -- Brandon Dubinsky --
Riley Nash
Zach Werenski --
Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Scott Harrington --
Adam McQuaid
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Lukas Sedlak, Alex Wennberg, Markus Hannikainen, Dean Kukan, Keith Kinkaid
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body)

Status report

Lindholm replaces Lowry and will make his Jets debut after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 25.

Stat pack

Connor has six points (three goals, three assists) during a five-game point streak. … Laine has six points (four goals, two assists) in his past five games … Scheifele has four points (two goals, two assists) in the past two games. … Anderson (59 goals, 40 assists in 223 games) needs one point for 100 in his NHL career.