5-6-0, 1-3-0 Away

8-3-1, 6-0-0 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	4	0	1	3.29	.884
C. Talbot	3	2	0	0	2.83	.894

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	6	3	0	0	2.92	.876
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Benchmark International Arena

8:00 AM, 8 December 2026

Tampa, FL

CBJ

Points

Kent JohnsonC #91

11PTS

Brandon HagelLW #38

16PTS

Goals

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

24S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

55S

Assists

Zach WerenskiD #8

2PPA

5+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

11A

4PPA

2+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	Day-To-Day	31 Oct
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	2 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CBJ	2.45	3.27	25.6	28.0	102	4	13.3	9	74.3	0	0
TB	3.67	3.17	30.4	24.3	96	7	16.3	7	78.1	0	0

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@CAR	L3-2
28/10/26	@PHI	W4-3 OT
25/10/26	vsVGK	W2-1 OT
21/10/26	vsTOR	L6-2
19/10/26	@MIN	L2-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	vsWPG	W6-4
25/10/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
24/10/26	@COL	L6-3
21/10/26	@VGK	W6-2
18/10/26	vsVAN	W4-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/12

Lightning
Blue Jackets

Game 1

13/11

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 2

8/12

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 3

2/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	11	2	2	24
Washington	8	4	0	16
New Jersey	8	5	0	16
NY Islanders	7	4	2	16
NY Rangers	7	6	1	15
Pittsburgh	5	6	2	12
Columbus	5	6	0	10
Philadelphia	3	8	4	10

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	9	4	1	19
Montreal	8	3	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	3	1	17
Ottawa	8	5	1	17
Florida	7	4	2	16
Toronto	7	6	2	16
Buffalo	6	4	3	15
Detroit	6	4	3	15

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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Kent JohnsonC #91

Brandon HagelLW #38

Kent JohnsonC #91

Brandon HagelLW #38

Zach WerenskiD #8

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

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