Tuesday, December 17, 2024 – 7:00 PM EST
Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 93.3 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (12-14-5, 29 points, 8th Metro, 13th East)
at
Tampa Bay Lightning (16-10-2, 34 points, 4th Atlantic, 7th East)
The last time these two teams met, Werenski had a 5-point night in a 7-6 overtime win by the Jackets. With the way they have been playing recently, however, they will have their hands full. The Lightning are the #1 shooting and scoring team in the league, and they aren’t generous defensively either.
Player to Watch
Nikita Kucherov
Kucherov has been continuing his blistering scoring pace. He has 14-32-46 in 26 games, 20 of those points have come on the power play. He’s averaging over 21 minutes a game and has only two penalty minutes.
Jackets Notes
There has been no official word from the team, but Jack Johnson and Labanc are likely questionable due to injuries sustained in Sunday’s game.
Season Series
11/21/2024 TBL 6 @ CBJ 7 (OT)
12/17/2024 CBJ @ TBL
03/04/2025 CBJ @ TBL
Stats
| Tampa Bay | Columbus | |
| 4.00 (1) | GPG | 3.23 (11) |
| 2.89 (10) | GAPG | 3.58 (30) |
| 28.2 (3) | PP% | 18.1 (23) |
| 79.5 (16) | PK% | 72.9 (27) |
| 50.93 (14) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.35 (16) |
| 51.09 (11) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 50.59 (13) |
| 11.82 (1) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.54 (7) |
| 91.39 (31) | 5v5 Save % | 89.79 (26) |
| Brayden Point, 20 | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko, 11 |
| Nikita Kucherov, 32 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 21 |
| Nikita Kucherov, 46 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 31 |
| Emil Lilleberg, 30 | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier, 58 |
| 8-4-1 | Home/Road | 4-10-2 |
| 6-4-0 | Last 10 | 3-5-2 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| James van Riemsdyk | Sean Monahan | Kent Johnson |
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Cole Sillinger | Mathieu Olivier |
| Mikael Pyyhtia | Sean Kuraly | Kevin Labanc |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Jake Christiansen | Jack Johnson |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Jet Greaves |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Jake Guentzel | Brayden Point | Nikita Kucherov |
| Brandon Hagel | Anthony Cirelli | Conor Geekie |
| Gage Goncalves | Nick Paul | Mitchell Chaffee |
| Zemgus Girgensons | Luke Glendening | Michael Eyssimont |
| Ryan McDonagh | Erik Cernak |
| Emil Lilleberg | Nick Perbix |
| Declan Carlile | Darren Raddysh |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
| Jonas Johansson |