Blue Jackets at Maple Leafs preview

BLUE JACKETS (12-6-2) at MAPLE LEAFS (14-6-0)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNO, FS-O, NHL.TV

The Maple Leafs are 6-1-0 in their past seven games and have allowed one goal or fewer in five of those games.
Goalie Frederik Andersen will start for Toronto; he's 5-0-0 with a 1.20 goals-against average, .966 save percentage and one shutout in his past five starts.
Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky will start for Columbus, which has won three straight and is 5-0-1 in its past six games. The Blue Jackets have allowed one goal in four of those six games.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson had a hat trick and an assist in a 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. He has nine points (six goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.
Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly scored in overtime in a 2-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday, tying his NHL career-high in goals with nine. He has seven points (three goals, four assists) in a five-game point streak and leads all NHL defensemen in scoring with 25 points (nine goals, 16 assists).

They said it

"We're finding ourselves, you can see it in our play. Now that roles are understood and guys have accepted where they are on this team, it's amazing how we're moving forward." -- Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno
"We've got a challenge tonight. They can really skate and they're big and physical. We're not taking them lightly, that's for sure, because we think they're pretty darn good." -- Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly on the Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Brandon Dubinsky -- Alex Wennberg -- Anthony Duclair
Lukas Sedlak -- Riley Nash -- Markus Hannikainen
Ryan Murray -- Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Zach Werenski -- Scott Harrington
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Gabriel Carlsson, Dean Kukan, Oliver Bjorkstrand
Injured: None

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson -- Par Lindholm -- Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis -- Frederik Gauthier -- Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched: Martin Marincin, Justin Holl
Injured: Auston Matthews (left shoulder)

Status report

Foligno will play after sitting out the last game because of a personal matter. … Matthews took part in the Maple Leafs optional morning skate, a day after joining Toronto for his first full practice since sustaining a left shoulder injury on Oct. 27.

Stat pack

Panarin has six assists in his past five games. … Dubois has seven points (three goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak. … Tavares has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past eight games. … Marner has seven points (one goal, six assists) in a four-game point streak.