Lightning play the Blue Jackets following Kucherov's hat trick
EST LINE: Lightning -118, Blue Jackets -104; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Columbus Blue Jackets after Nikita Kucherov recorded a hat trick in the Lightning's 8-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Key points
- Columbus Blue Jackets (7-9, in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Thursday, 7 p.m.
- INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Conor Garland: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles).
- The Blue Jackets are 2-5-0 in games they have more penalties than their opponent.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jackets: 4-6-0, averaging 2.3 goals, 4.5 assists, three penalties and 7.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.
TOP PERFORMERS: Denton Mateychuk has scored four goals with three assists for the Blue Jackets.
Additional details
- The Lightning have gone 6-2-0 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.
- Lightning: Brayden Point: out (undisclosed), Erik Cernak: day to day (undisclosed).
- ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
- Jake Guentzel has scored six goals with seven assists over the last 10 games.
- Thursday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.
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