Preview: Ducks at Blue Jackets

DUCKS (6-5-2) at BLUE JACKETS (5-3-2)
7 p.m. ET; FS-O, PRIME, NHL.TV

Ducks team scope

Defenseman Hampus Lindholm will make his season debut for the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday, following a holdout resolved Oct. 27 when he signed a six-year, $31.5 contract. He secured his work visa in Sweden and joined the Ducks in Columbus on Monday after missing Anaheim's first 13 games. He had been practicing with Rogle BK of the Swedish Hockey League to stay in shape. "It's going to be fun to play some games," he said. "Thrown in the fire right away, that's how I like it. I need to play real simple. I'm going to try and move the puck as quick as I can and have short shifts. I'm not going to chase the game. I'm going to try and let it come to me." Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said Lindholm proved he is fit to play. "He and I talked [Tuesday]," Carlyle said. "We had two conversations [Wednesday] morning and we made the decision based on his practice [Tuesday] and his practice [Wednesday] and how comfortably he felt going into the lineup. It will be our job to monitor how he's playing. I don't think you'll see him playing 26 minutes, which he normally does." Lindholm, 22, had 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists) in 80 games last season.

Blue Jackets team scope

Forward Brandon Saad said he will remain in the Columbus Blue Jackets lineup Wednesday. Saad, with eight points (three goals, five assists) was dropped to the fourth line the past two practices and coach John Tortorella said Tuesday that Saad might be benched. "Coaches are always going to have their opinion whatever it may be, but at the end of the day we're all professionals, we all hold ourselves accountable," Saad said. "We all want to be the best we can be … You can sense it yourself and the standards you hold yourself to by the way you're playing and the chances you get." Rookie forward Sonny Milano is expected to make his season debut playing left wing on the second line alongside center Boone Jenner and right wing Cam Atkinson. Forward Brandon Dubinsky (undisclosed) will not play. Defenseman Dalton Prout will replace defenseman Seth Jones, who fractured his right foot Saturday against the St. Louis Blues and is out for three weeks. Jones leads the Blue Jackets in average ice time at 24:14 and was paired with rookie Zach Werenski, who will now play alongside David Savard. "I was starting to get used to the things [Jones] did," Werenski said. "He was starting to get used to the things I did. I haven't played with Savard this year, a couple of practices, so it's going to be different, but we should be OK."

Ducks projected lineup

Nick Ritchie -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Joseph Cramarossa -- Antoine Vermette -- Rickard Rakell
Ryan Garbutt -- Chris Wagner -- Jared Boll
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Clayton Stoner -- Hampus Lindholm
Kevin Bieksa -- Sami Vatanen
John Gibson
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Korbinian Holzer
Injured: Nate Thompson (Achilles), Simon Despres (concuss ion symptoms)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Scott Hartnell -- Alex Wennberg -- Nick Foligno
Sonny Milano -- Boone Jenner -- Cam Atkinson
Matt Calvert -- William Karlsson -- Josh Anderson
Brandon Saad -- Lukas Sedlak -- Sam Gagner
Zach Werenski -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Jack Johnson
Markus Nutivaara -- Dalton Prout
Sergei Bobrovsky
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Brandon Dubinsky
Injured:David Clarkson (back), Seth Jones (foot)

Status report

Harrington has not played a game this season. … Boll will play in Columbus for the first time since signing a free agent contract on July 5. He is fourth on the Blue Jackets games played list (518) and first in penalty minutes (1,195) in nine seasons with Columbus.

Who's hot

Kesler scored twice in a 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Sunday. He has three goals and three assists in a four-game point streak. … Perry and Getzlaf each had three assists on Sunday. … Anderson has three goals and an assist in two games.