There could be more tinkering for the Blue Jackets despite outshooting Detroit 39-20, with a 16-3 margin in the third period.
Coach John Tortorella during the second period swapped left wings Nick Foligno and Sonny Milano. Milano went from the fourth to second line to play with center Alex Wennberg and right wing Oliver Bjorkstrand.
The move put Foligno with center Riley Nash, in his first game for Columbus, and Duclair on the right side.
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"Other than a shift or two from those two (original) lines I didn't like what they were producing," Tortorella said. "With some of the people we have now I can move some pieces around and try to spark something. What we go with tomorrow night I don't know."
He said Boone Jenner, Brandon Dubinsky and Anderson was the most consistent line while Atkinson, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Panarin were "OK."
The Blue Jackets will look to improve on their power play. After Atkinson's goal on their first attempt for a 1-0 lead in the first period, they went 0 for 5.
Atkinson, though, sees the positives with 12 shots generated during the 9:10 of man advantage for the game.
"We found a way to get one," he said. "I felt for the most part every time we stepped on the ice we were a threat, which is important because if you don't score you want to gain the momentum and have the momentum when the power play's done."
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Alexander Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Josh Anderson
Sonny Milano -- Riley Nash -- Anthony Duclair
Zach Werenski -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Dean Kukan -- Gabriel Carlsson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Markus Hannikainen, Lukas Sedlak, Adam Clendening
Injured: Scott Harrington (upper body), Seth Jones (knee)
