Tuesday, April 9, 2024 – 7:00 PM EDT
Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
TV: Bally Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Site: Raw Charge
Columbus Blue Jackets (26-40-12, 64 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
at
Tampa Bay Lightning (43-27-7, 93 points, 4th Atlantic, 7th East)
The challenging Southern road trip continues!
Player to Watch
Anthony Duclair
Remember this guy? After an injury-shortened season last year, the Florida Panthers opted to let Duclair hit the market, where he finally landed with San Jose. After 16/11/27 in 56 games, the Sharks traded him as expected, and he returned to the Sunshine State, this time with the Bolts. He has fit in wonderfully, with a scorching hot 6/5/11 in 13 games, despite playing nearly 2 minutes fewer per game than he did in San Jose.
The Other Bench
Since the trade deadline, the Lightning have been electric (sorry, sorry, I’m trying to delete it). They are 9-2-1 over the last month, which has helped them clinch a playoff berth with room to spare … Speaking of random former Blue Jackets, Tyler Motte is having a great defensive impact on the fourth line … Fun but ultimately meaningless stat about scoring depth:
Players with 70+ points
TBL: 5
CBJ: 0
Players with 20+ points
TBL: 10
CBJ: 14
Players with 10+ points
TBL: 16
CBJ: 22
Season Series
11/02/2023 TBL 2 @ CBJ 4
02/10/2024 TBL 4 @ CBJ 2
04/09/2024 CBJ @ TBL
Stats
| Tampa Bay | Columbus | |
| 3.52 (5) | GPG | 2.85 (24) |
| 3.26 (22) | GAPG | 3.59 (30) |
| 29.5 (1) | PP% | 15.1 (30) |
| 83.2 (5) | PK% | 76.8 (24) |
| 50.4 (16) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 48.0 (23) |
| 50.3 (17) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 47.7 (24) |
| 9.4 (7) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.0 (10) |
| 89.9 (30) | 5v5 Save % | 91.2 (19) |
| B. Point, N. Kucherov, 43 | G Leader | Boone Jenner, 22 |
| Nikita Kucherov, 93 | A Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 47 |
| Nikita Kucherov, 136 | P Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 58 |
| Michael Eyssimont, 99 | PIM Leader | Erik Gudbranson, 72 |
| 23-10-4 | Home/Road | 10-21-7 |
| 7-2-1 | Last 10 | 3-6-1 |
Projected Lines
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Johnny Gaudreau | Dmitri Voronkov | Alex Nylander |
| Alexandre Texier | Cole Sillinger | Kirill Marchenko |
| Mathieu Olivier | Justin Danforth | Mikael Pyyhtia |
| Carson Meyer | Brendan Gaunce | James Malatesta |
| Zach Werenski | Damon Severson |
| Ivan Provorov | Erik Gudbranson |
| Nick Blankenberg | David Jiricek |
| Jet Greaves |
| Malcolm Subban |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Anthony Duclair | Brayden Point | Nikita Kucherov |
| Brandon Hagel | Anthony Cirelli | Steven Stamkos |
| Michael Eyssimont | Nicholas Paul | Mitchell Chaffee |
| Tyler Motte | Luke Glendening | Tanner Jeannot |
| Victor Hedman | Darren Raddysh |
| Matt Dumba | Erik Cernak |
| Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg | Nick Perbix |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
| Matt Tomkins |