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Blue Jackets projected lineup

Kent Johnson — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Dmitri Voronkov — Boone Jenner — Yegor Chinakov
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Luke Kunin

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson — Damon Severson

Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves

Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Elvis Merzlikins

Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist), Jake Christensen (upper body)

Status report:

Greaves was recalled on an emergency basis from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Friday after Merzlikins made 27 saves in a 1-0 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday. … The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate.

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar — Evgeni Malkin — Philip Tomasino
Joona Koppanen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Bokondji Imama

Kris Letang — Conor Timmins
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vladislav Kolyachonok

Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Matt Nieto, Sebastian Aho

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body), Ryan Shea (upper body), Emil Bemstrom (undisclosed)

Status report:

Nedeljkovic will start after backing up Jarry the previous five games. … Letang, who usually plays on the right side, moved to the left on the top defense pair during practice Thursday; Timmins joined him, elevating from the third pair and bumping Kolyachonok.

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