Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2-3) at Columbus Blue Jackets (3-4-2) – 02 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Tampa Bay [](/r/tampabaylightning) Lightning (4-2-3) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (3-4-2)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, BSSUN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020146) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020146/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020146/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020146/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Alex Barre-Boulet|Brayden Point|Nikita Kucherov|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|Adam Fantilli|Emil Bemstrom|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Steven Stamkos|Nick Paul|Conor Sheary|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|Cole Sillinger|Kirill Marchenko|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tanner Jeannot|Anthony Cirelli|Brandon Hagel|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Justin Danforth|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Michael Eyssimont|Luke Glendening|Waltteri Merelä|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Damon Severson|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|Erik Cernak|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|David Jiricek|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Mikhail Sergachev|Nicklaus Perbix|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Calvin de Haan|Darren Raddysh|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Matt Tomkins|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|20 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|06 Nov 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tyler Motte|10 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Motte (upper body) is expected to play during the Tampa Bay Lightning’s upcoming four-game road trip but won’t be an option against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday, Chris Krenn of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s official site reports.|04 Nov 2023|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Logan Brown|01 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Brown (undisclosed) was assigned to AHL Syracuse on Saturday.|04 Nov 2023|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|28 Sep 2023|Back|IR-LT|Vasilevskiy (back) is on schedule in his rehabilitation, according to Lightning coach Jon Cooper.|02 Dec 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/tampa-bay-lightning/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|9|3|4|2|8|0.444|2.56|3.33|16.13|83.87|32.44|32.78|47.85|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|9|4|2|3|11|0.611|3.56|3.11|33.33|86.36|29.56|35.67|52.61|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|4|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel|6|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|7|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Brayden Point, Victor Hedman|8|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|7|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Nikita Kucherov|11|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|3|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Michael Eyssimont, Nick Perbix|3|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Cole Sillinger|13|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Mikhail Sergachev|8|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|23:18|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|24:20|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=14 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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