Jets at Blue Jackets

JETS (34-19-1) at BLUE JACKETS (16-34-4)

Jets projected lineup
Cole Perfetti -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Saku Maenalanen -- Kevin Stenlund -- Sam Gagner
Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk
Brenden Dillon -- Dylan Samberg
Dylan DeMelo -- Nate Schmidt
David Rittich
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Logan Stanley, Karson Kuhlman
Injured: David Gustafsson (upper body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson -- Cole Sillinger -- Patrik Laine
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier
Liam Foudy -- Jack Roslovic -- Emil Bemstrom
Tim Berni -- Erik Gudbranson
Nick Blankenburg -- Andrew Peeke
Gavin Bayreuther -- Adam Boqvist
Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Lane Pederson, Vladislav Gavrikov
Injured: Gustav Nyquist (shoulder), Carson Meyer (oblique), Yegor Chinakhov (ankle)
Status report
Rittich will make consecutive starts for the first time since Dec. 18-20. ... Gagner will enter the lineup for Kuhlman, a forward. … The Blue Jackets will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. ... Korpisalo will start after Merzlikins started the previous two games. ... Gavrikov, a defenseman, will be scratched for a second straight game ahead of a possible trade.