Columbus Blue Jackets at Ottawa Senators (5 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, FDSNOH)
The Blue Jackets (34-32-9) play the second of a back-to-back after a 5-0 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. They trail the Canadiens by six points for the second wild card in the East. The Senators (41-29-6) hold the first wild card in the East, five points ahead of the Canadiens. Ottawa won 3-0 against the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
Ottawa Senators 3, Florida Panthers 0: Anton Forsberg made 40 saves for the Senators (41-29-6), who pulled within four points of the Panthers for third in the Atlantic and remained five points ahead of the Canadiens for the second wild card in the East. Florida (44-28-4), which has lost four straight (0-3-1), fell two points behind Tampa Bay for second in the Atlantic and six back of first-place Toronto.
Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 0:Nicholas Robertson and William Nylander each scored twice, and Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves for the Maple Leafs (47-25-4), who won their fourth straight and moved four points ahead of the Lightning for first in the Atlantic. The Blue Jackets (34-32-9) fell six points behind the Canadiens for the second wild card in the East.
If playoffs started:
(1A) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (WC1) Ottawa Senators
CBJ out; root for WPG v Minny in the WC due to first round pick via Jiricek.
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Kent Johnson -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner -- Adam Fantilli -- James van Riemsdyk
Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Zachary Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson -- Erik Gudbranson
Daniil Tarasov
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Williams, Jake Christiansen, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin
Injured: None
Senators projected lineup
Claude Giroux -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore -- Adam Gaudette -- Angus Crookshank
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Brady Tkachuk (upper body)
Players to Watch
Columbus — Kirill Marchenko has 5 goals in his last 5 games.
Ottawa — Shane Pinto has 3 helpers in his last 5
Predicted Final Score
CBJ — 3
OTT — 2
OT
Gambling Odds
NHL Draft Kings has Sens as a -166; Jackets as +140
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