The Tampa Bay Lightning were able to narrowly pick up a win in Chicago last night, but they've since traveled 350 miles to Columbus, Ohio where they'll face the Blue Jackets tonight.
The Blue Jackets have been playing much better since new head coach Rick Bowness took over from Dean Evason, which will make tonight's game much more difficult for the Lightning. They've been led by defenseman Zach Werenski, who has six points in their last five games.
The Lightning have now picked up points in 15-straight games, led offensively by Nikita Kucherov, seven points in his last five games, and Brandon Hagel who has three goals in the same time period.
The last time these teams met, the Blue Jackets defeated the Lightning 3-2, but that was back in October.
The game will be broadcast on The Spot in the Tampa Bay market, while for those in Columbus, it will be available on FanDuel Sports Network Ohio. For out-of-market fans, the game will be available on ESPN+.
Columbus Projected Lines:
Marchment - Fantilli - Marchenko
Jenner - Monahan - Johnson
Sillinger - Coyle - Olivier
Voronkov - Lundestrom - Heinen
Werenski - Severson
Provorov - Gudbranson
Christiansen - Zamula
Greaves
Merzlikins
Tampa Bay Projected Lines:
Hagel - Cirelli - Kucherov
Goncalves - James - Guentzel
Girgensons - Gourde - Holmberg
Bjorkstrand - Paul - Finley
Moser - Raddysh
D'Astous - Cernak
Carlile - Crozier
Johansson
Vasilevskiy