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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