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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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Chinakhov with two goals and an assist last night for the monsters. When do we bring him up and who does he push out of the lineup?
Provorov leading the team in points after the first 3 weeks of the season was not on my bingo card
We usually play Tampa pretty hard, but one of our worst games of the season is notoriously after Halloween.
I have no idea what to expect tonight, but hopefully we see more than a period of competitiveness.
We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them.
We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness.
Everything you’re feeling – we get it.
This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way.
Tonight we face a backup goalie who has played one nhl game ever and lost very badly. Someone we should beat.
Matt Tomkins, enjoy your first NHL victory and shutout.