After shutting out the Dallas Stars, Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves will stay in net against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jan. 24 at Nationwide Arena.
That means the Blue Jackets (23-20-7) will ice the same lineup against the Lightning (32-13-4), who are 14-0-1 in their past 15 games after edging the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in a shootout to start a road back-to-back set Jan. 23 at United Center.
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Jonas Johansson (10-6-1) is expected to start for the Lightning, who didn’t hold a morning skate at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets, who didn’t practice Jan. 23, held a full skate at the Ice Haus rink. Prior to the opening face-off, another group of four Blue Jackets alumni will be honored in the fourth of five 25th Anniversary Night celebrations.
Forwards Cam Atkinson, Derek Dorsett and R.J. Umberger will join former goalie Pascal Leclaire for a luncheon with season-ticket holders before signing autographs at 6 p.m. on the main concourse. They’ll also be honored prior to the game with a ceremonial puck drop.
Here are the projected lineups for the Blue Jackets and Lightning:

Oct 18, 2025; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Columbus Blue Jackets center Sean Monahan (23) looks to pass defended by Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) during the second period at Nationwide Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russell LaBounty-Imagn Images
FORWARDS
17 Mason Marchment – 19 Adam Fantilli – 86 Kirill Marchenko
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38 Boone Jenner – 23 Sean Monahan – 91 Kent Johnson
4 Cole Sillinger – 3 Charlie Coyle – 24 Mathieu Olivier
10 Dmitri Voronkov – 21 Isac Lundestrom – Danton Heinen
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
8 Zach Werenski – 9 Ivan Provorov
78 Damon Severson – 44 Erik Gudbranson
6 Egor Zamula – 2 Jake Christiansen
GOALIES
73 Jet Greaves
90 Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: F Brendan Gaunce, F Zach Aston-Reese, Dante Fabbro (lower body), D Denton Mateychuk (upper body)
Injured reserve: D Brendan Smith (ankle), F Miles Wood (lower body)
FORWARDS
38 Brandon Hagel – 71 Anthony Cirelli – 86 Nikita Kucherov
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93 Gage Concalves – 17 Dominic James – 59 Jake Guentzel
28 Zemgus Girgensons – 37 Yanni Gourde – 29 Pontus Holmberg
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand – 20 Nick Paul – 62 Jack Finley
DEFENSE
90 J.J. Moser – 43 Darren Raddysh
51 Charle-Edouard D’Astous – 81 Erik Cernak
67 Declan Carlile – 24 Maxwell Crozier
GOALIES
31 Jonas Johansson
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Â D Simon Lundmark
Injured reserve:Â C Brayden Point (lower body), D Victor Hedman (elbow), D Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), D Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed).
Blue Jackets reporter Brian Hedger can be reached at bhedger@dispatch.com and @BrianHedger.bsky.social
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Skate report