7-8-0, 1-5-0 Away

11-4-2, 8-0-0 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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

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

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, December 7, 2026

Tampa, FL

CBJ

Points

Kent JohnsonC #91

16PTS

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Goals

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

34S

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Assists

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

6+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

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

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

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

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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	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

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

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Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

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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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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Kent JohnsonC #91

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Kent JohnsonC #91

Jake GuentzelC #59

Zach WerenskiD #8

Nikita KucherovRW #86

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