7-7-0, 1-4-0 Away

10-3-2, 8-0-0 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	5	0	1	3.11	.883
C. Talbot	5	2	0	0	2.44	.910

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	3	1	0	2.75	.886
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, December 7, 2026

Tampa, FL

CBJ

Points

Kent JohnsonC #91

14PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20PTS

16A

Goals

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

29S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

62S

Assists

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

8+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

16A

5PPA

6+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Nov 7

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CBJ	2.57	3.00	25.8	27.3	116	6	16.2	11	73.2	0	0
TB	3.73	3.00	30.2	24.7	117	9	17.3	9	77.5	0	0

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	vsDAL	W2-1 SO
11/3/26	vsCOL	W7-2
10/31/26	@DAL	L3-1
10/29/26	@CAR	L3-2
10/27/26	@PHI	W4-3 OT

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO
10/29/26	vsWPG	W6-4
10/24/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/12

Lightning
Blue Jackets

Game 1

11/12

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Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 2

12/7

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 3

4/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	13	3	2	28
New Jersey	11	5	0	22
NY Rangers	9	7	1	19
Washington	8	6	0	16
NY Islanders	7	6	2	16
Columbus	7	7	0	14
Pittsburgh	5	9	2	12
Philadelphia	4	10	4	12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	12	4	1	25
Montreal	10	3	3	23
Tampa Bay	10	3	2	22
Ottawa	10	6	1	21
Florida	9	5	2	20
Toronto	8	7	2	18
Buffalo	7	5	3	17
Detroit	7	7	3	17

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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Kent JohnsonC #91

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Kent JohnsonC #91

Brandon HagelLW #38

Zach WerenskiD #8

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

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