{"id":425812,"date":"2026-01-24T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/425812\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:31:13","slug":"nhl-game-preview-tampa-bay-lightning-at-columbus-blue-jackets-with-line-combinations-1-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/425812\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets with Line Combinations 1\/24\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NHL-Game-Preview-Tampa-Bay-Lightning-at-Columbus-Blue-Jackets-with-Line-Combinations-1.24.26.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets with Line Combinations 1\/24\/26\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(photo by: Jay LaPrete-AP)<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning (32-13-4, 68 pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (23-20-7, 53 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Nationwide Arena<br \/>Date: Saturday, January 24<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+,The Spot-MTN, FDSNOH<br \/>Radio:\u00a0The Bone 102.5 FM, 97.1 The Fan, 93.3 The Bus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Lightning\u00a0picked up their third straight win on Friday night with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Blackhawks. They\u2019ve extended their point streak to 15 games, averaging 3.73 goals per game while allowing 2.13 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Columbus shutout the Stars on Thursday night, 1-0. They\u2019re 4-1-0 in their last five games, averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Hagel-Cirelli-Kucherov<br \/>Goncalves-James-Guentzel<br \/>Girgensons-Gourde-Holmberg<br \/>Bjorkstrand-Paul-Finley<\/p>\n<p>Moser-Raddysh<br \/>D\u2019astous-Cernak<br \/>Carlile-Crozier<\/p>\n<p>Johansson<br \/>Vasilevskiy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Tampa+Bay&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Tampa Bay Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Marchment-Fantilli-Marchenko<br \/>Jenner-Monahan-Johnson<br \/>Sillinger-Coyle-Olivier<br \/>Voronkov-Lundestrom-Heinen<\/p>\n<p>Werenski-Severson<br \/>Provorov-Gudbranson<br \/>Christiansen-Zamula<\/p>\n<p>Merzlikins<br \/>Greaves<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/columbus-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=colum&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Your Columbus Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/anthony-cirelli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Cirelli<\/a> had a goal on four shots in the 3-2 loss against the Blue Jackets for the Lightning in their first meeting back on October 18th. He has one goal and two assists in his last five games for Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/sean-monahan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Monahan<\/a> had one shot and led all forwards in ice time with 19.17 minutes in the 3-2 win over the Lightning back in October. He has one goal in his last five games for Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-victor-hedman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Hedman<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/ryan-mcdonagh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan McDonagh<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/brayden-point\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Point<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D Emil Lilleberg \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/denton-mateychuk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denton Mateychuk<\/a> \u2013 DTD<br \/>D- <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/brendan-smith\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Smith<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>F-<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/miles-wood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Wood<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>D Dante Fabbro \u2013 OUT<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769272273_778_8db68b5dc1a6417474926df3f6d3c47ad5c5859e11a1a42050a5fdf654aba77b.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jcgifford18d2e1cafa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Giff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father of 3, Bruins, Red Sox, Cubs, Liverpool, Syracuse football and Basketball Fan. Love Fantasy Football, Baseball and Hockey. If I am not at work, I either at an ice rink, Ball field or spending quality time with my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(photo by: Jay LaPrete-AP) Tampa Bay Lightning (32-13-4, 68 pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (23-20-7, 53 pts) Venue:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[397,1332,10786,230,7405,692,6713,5,4997,4,5573,4085,1945,92,1498],"class_list":["post-425812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-anthony-cirelli","tag-brayden-point","tag-brendan-smith","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-dante-fabbro","tag-denton-mateychuk","tag-emil-lilleberg","tag-hockey","tag-miles-wood","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-ryan-mcdonagh","tag-sean-monahan","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-victor-hedman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115951036751778722","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}