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Lightning at Blue Jackets game preview

LIGHTNING (32-13-4) at BLUE JACKETS (23-20-7)

7 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNOH

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel — Dominic James — Gage Goncalves

Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg

Oliver Bjorkstrand — Jack Finley — Nick Paul

J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh

Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Erik Cernak

Declan Carlile — Max Crozier

Jonas Johansson

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Scratched: Simon Lundmark

Injured: Brayden Point (lower body), Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko

Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Kent Johnson

Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier

Dimitri Voronkov — Isac Lundestrom — Danton Heinen

Zach Werenski — Damon Severson

Ivan Provorov — Erik Gudbranson

Jake Christiansen — Egor Zamula

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Zach Aston-Reese

Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Miles Wood (lower body), Denton Mateychuk (upper body), Dante Fabbro (lower body)

Status report

The Lightning did hold a morning skate. … Johansson could start after Vasilevskiy made 17 saves in a 2-1 shootout victory at the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. … The Blue Jackets will dress the same lineup they used in a 1-0 win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday. … Mateychuk skated with Columbus on Saturday for the first time since his injury, but the defenseman will miss his sixth straight game.

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