11-4-2, 3-4-2 Away

7-8-0, 6-3-0 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	6	0	1	3.36	.880
C. Talbot	5	2	0	0	2.44	.911

Nationwide Arena

7:00 PM, November 12, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Columbus, OH

CBJ

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Kent JohnsonC #91

16PTS

Goals

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

34S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

6+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0
CBJ	2.53	3.13	25.8	28.1	126	7	17.5	11	75.6	0	0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/6/26	@BUF	L5-2
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

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 11/12

Lightning
Blue Jackets

Game 1

11/12

ESPN+

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 2

12/7

Blue Jackets
Lightning

Game 3

4/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	3	2	30
New Jersey	13	5	0	26
NY Rangers	10	8	1	21
Washington	9	6	0	18
NY Islanders	7	6	4	18
Philadelphia	5	10	5	15
Columbus	7	8	0	14
Pittsburgh	6	10	2	14

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Kevin Fiala is expected to make his season debut this week, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan, with the Kings also slated to get Mats Zuccarello back Tuesday night.

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Connor Hellebuyck talks a little bit about why he wanted out of Winnipeg.

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds

Alex Ovechkin didn't weigh in on CAS' decision to allow Russian players back in hockey worlds, but said they just want to represent their country.

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Kent JohnsonC #91

Jake GuentzelC #59

Kent JohnsonC #91

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Zach WerenskiD #8

Team Stats

Injury Report

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds