Projected Lineups for the Blue Jackets vs Lightning – 12/17/24

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLUE JACKETS (12-14-5) at LIGHTNING (16-10-2)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNSUN

Blue Jackets projected lineup

James van Riemsdyk — Sean Monahan — Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Zach Aston-Reese — Cole Sillinger — Mathieu Olivier
Mikael Pyyhtia — Sean Kuraly — Kevin Labanc

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Ivan Provorov — Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen — Jordan Harris

Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Daniil Tarasov

Injured: Jack Johnson (face), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Justin Danforth (lower body)

Status report

Jack Johnson, a defenseman, is out after taking a stick to the face against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Conor Geekie
Gage Goncalves — Nick Paul — Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Michael Eyssimont

Victor Hedman — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Declan Carlile

Injured: J.J. Moser (upper body)

Status report

Hedman, a defenseman, is probable to return after missing two games with an upper-body injury.

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