7-10-0, 1-5-0 Away

13-4-2, 8-0-0 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	7	0	1	3.35	.881
C. Talbot	5	3	0	0	2.51	.909

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	9	4	1	0	2.86	.885
D. Hildeby	4	0	1	0	2.56	.899

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, December 7, 2026

Tampa, FL

CBJ

Points

Kent JohnsonC #91

17PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

28PTS

20A

Goals

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

38S

Brandon HagelLW #38

13G

1PPG

76S

Assists

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

5+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

20A

6PPA

12+/-

Columbus Blue Jackets

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Sean Monahan C	Day-To-Day	Nov 14

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Erik Cernak D	Day-To-Day	Nov 14
Anthony Cirelli C	Day-To-Day	Nov 14
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
CBJ	2.35	3.18	26.8	28.2	150	8	18.6	12	73.9	0	0
TB	3.89	2.95	29.4	25.3	162	14	21.2	15	71.7	0	0

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/12/26	vsTB	L3-1
11/10/26	vsFLA	L4-1
11/6/26	@BUF	L5-2
11/5/26	vsDAL	W2-1 SO
11/3/26	vsCOL	W7-2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/12/26	@CBJ	W3-1
11/11/26	@BUF	W8-3
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1

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Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Lightning
3
Blue Jackets
1

Game 1

11/12

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 2

12/7

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 3

4/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	15	3	2	32
New Jersey	14	6	0	28
NY Rangers	11	8	1	23
Washington	10	7	0	20
NY Islanders	8	6	4	20
Pittsburgh	7	10	2	16
Philadelphia	5	10	6	16
Columbus	7	10	0	14

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	13	4	2	28
Montreal	12	3	4	28
Boston	13	5	1	27
Ottawa	12	6	2	26
Florida	11	7	2	24
Buffalo	8	7	4	20
Toronto	8	11	2	18
Detroit	7	10	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

Team Stats

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