Blue Jackets at Hurricanes preview

BLUE JACKETS (20-11-1) at HURRICANES (13-11-7)
7 p.m. ET; FS-CR, FS-O, NHL.TV

The Hurricanes defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Friday to finish the trip with a 2-2-2 record. Five players each had a goal and an assist. The Blue Jackets have won three of their past four, including a 6-4 home victory against the New York Islanders on Thursday.
The Hurricanes and Blue Jackets are playing the final game of their season series. The Hurricanes have an overtime win and shootout win, while the Blue Jackets own a regulation win.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin has 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in his past seven games.
Hurricanes goaltender Scott Darling is 1-5-2 in his past eight decisions.

They said it

"I figured it was going to take some time for (Boone Jenner's) game to get going. I want him to grab onto a role now. Is it that checking center who is going to grind and forecheck? Is he going to be able to kill penalities? With the injury to [Brandon Dubinsky], I think the road is there for him to take it." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella
"We're a team that hasn't scored easy and hasn't scored a lot. We have guys who are capable of scoring more. I think there are some guys who are going to give us more down the stretch. We've got a lot of hockey left." -- Hurricanes coach Bill Peters

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Josh Anderson
Matt Calvert -- Boone Jenner -- Nick Foligno
Cam Atkinson -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jordan Schroeder -- Lukas Sedlak -- Tyler Motte
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- Markus Nutivaara
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Gabriel Carlsson, Markus Hannikainen
Injured:Brandon Dubinsky (orbital bone fracture), Ryan Murray (upper body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Brock McGinn -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner -- Derek Ryan -- Elias Lindholm
Sebastian Aho -- Victor Rask -- Teuvo Teravainen
Joakim Nordstrom -- Marcus Kruger -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury -- Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Scott Darling
Cam Ward
Scratched:Klas Dahlbeck, Josh Jooris
Injured:Lee Stempniak

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

The Blue Jackets' power play ranks last in the NHL (10.1 percent) … Carolina is 3-1-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. Ward is 5-0-1 in his past six starts.