Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning
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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning
Saturday, November 4, 2017 - 7:00 EST
Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
TV: Fox Sports Ohio - Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Raw Charge
Columbus Blue Jackets, 9-4-0, 18 points, 2nd Metro, 3rd East
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Tampa Bay Lightning, 10-2-2, 22 points, 1st Atlantic, 1st East
Season Series
10/19/17: TBL 2 @ CBJ 0
11/4/17 CBJ @ TBL
12/31/17 TBL @ CBJ
Stats Preview
| Tampa Bay | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.86 (1) | GPG | 3.31 (10) |
| 2.64 (8) | GAPG | 2.54 (5) |
| 28.6% (3) | PP% | 12.8% (30) |
| 81.8% (16) | PK% | 84.8% (7) |
| 49.67% (16) | EV Corsi % | 53.93% (4) |
| 103.5(1) | EV PDO | 101.1 (12) |
| Nikita Kucherov, 13 | G Leader | Sonny Milano and Josh Anderson, 5 |
| Steven Stamkos, 18 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 10 |
| Steven Stamkos, 24 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 11 |
| Nikita Kucherov, 16 | PIM Leader | Zac Dalpe, 11 |
| 6-1-1 | Home / Road | 4-2-0 |
| 7-1-2 | Last 10 | 7-3-0 |
Probable Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Nick Foligno | Josh Anderson |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Tyler Motte |
| Matt Calvert | Alexander Wennberg | Oliver BJORKSTRAND |
| Sonny Milano | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Markus Hannikainen |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Ryan Murray | Markus Nutivaara |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | Steven Stamkos | Nikita Kucherov |
| Ondrej Palat | Brayden Point | Yanni Gourde |
| Alex Killorn | Gabriel Dumont | J.T. Brown |
| Chris Kunitz | Tyler Johnson | Ryan Callahan |
| Victor Hedman | Jake Dotchin |
| Mikhail Sergachev | Anton Stralman |
| Braydon Coburn | Dan Girardi |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
| Peter Budaj |
Game Preview
On the heels of a 7-3 victory over the Florida Panthers, the Columbus Blue Jackets continue their road trip tonight when they face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Despite a Steven Stamkos who was quoted as saying he may never feel 100% again, Nikita Kucherov has opened the season on fire to lead the Lightning to an Eastern Conference lead heading into tonight’s matchup.
Here’s hoping the Jackets can ground the Lightning tonight on the night the Lightning plan to honor the 2004 Stanley Cup Championship team.