Projected Lineups for the Blue Jackets vs Lightning – 3/4/25

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 (30-22-8) at LIGHTNING (35-21-4)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNSUN

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Yegor Chinakhov — Kent Johnson — Boone Jenner
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
Joseph LaBate — Sean Kuraly — James van Riemsdyk

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jack Johnson, Jordan Harris, Mikael Pyythia

Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist)

Status report

Chinakhov will return to the lineup after being out since Nov. 27 because of an upper-body injury. … Sillinger, a forward, has been placed on injured reserve. 

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Lightning projected lineup

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

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

Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy

Scratched: Cam Atkinson

Injured: None

Status report

Johansson is expected to make his first start since Jan. 28. … The Lightning did not hold a morning skate Tuesday; any lineup changes will be announced before pregame warmups. … Tampa Bay could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

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