{"id":426173,"date":"2026-01-24T20:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/426173\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:45:17","slug":"columbus-blue-jackets-vs-tampa-bay-lightning-skate-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/426173\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Skate report"},"content":{"rendered":"

After shutting out the Dallas Stars<\/a>, Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves will stay in net against the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> on Jan. 24 at Nationwide Arena.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> 2-1 in a shootout to start a road back-to-back set Jan. 23 at United Center.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Here are the projected lineups for the Blue Jackets and Lightning:<\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

FORWARDS<\/p>\n

17 Mason Marchment \u2013 19 Adam\u00a0Fantilli\u00a0\u2013 86 Kirill Marchenko<\/p>\n

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38 Boone Jenner \u2013 23 Sean Monahan \u2013 91 Kent Johnson<\/p>\n

4 Cole Sillinger \u2013 3 Charlie Coyle \u2013 24 Mathieu Olivier<\/p>\n

10 Dmitri\u00a0Voronkov \u2013 21 Isac Lundestrom \u2013 Danton Heinen<\/p>\n

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS<\/p>\n

8 Zach Werenski \u2013 9 Ivan Provorov<\/p>\n

78 Damon Severson \u2013 44 Erik Gudbranson<\/p>\n

6 Egor\u00a0Zamula\u00a0\u2013 2 Jake Christiansen<\/p>\n

GOALIES<\/p>\n

73 Jet Greaves<\/p>\n

90 Elvis\u00a0Merzlikins<\/p>\n

Scratched:\u00a0F Brendan Gaunce, F Zach Aston-Reese,\u00a0Dante Fabbro (lower body),\u00a0D\u00a0Denton\u00a0Mateychuk\u00a0(upper body)<\/p>\n

Injured reserve: D Brendan Smith (ankle), F Miles Wood (lower body)<\/p>\n

FORWARDS<\/p>\n

38 Brandon Hagel\u00a0\u2013\u00a071 Anthony Cirelli\u00a0\u2013\u00a086 Nikita Kucherov<\/p>\n

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93 Gage Concalves \u2013\u00a017 Dominic James \u2013\u00a059 Jake Guentzel<\/p>\n

28 Zemgus Girgensons \u2013\u00a037 Yanni Gourde \u2013\u00a029 Pontus Holmberg<\/p>\n

22 Oliver Bjorkstrand\u00a0\u2013\u00a020 Nick Paul \u2013\u00a062 Jack Finley<\/p>\n

DEFENSE<\/p>\n

90 J.J. Moser \u2013\u00a043 Darren Raddysh<\/p>\n

51 Charle-Edouard D’Astous \u2013\u00a081 Erik Cernak<\/p>\n

67 Declan\u00a0Carlile \u2013 24 Maxwell Crozier<\/p>\n

GOALIES<\/p>\n

31 Jonas Johansson<\/p>\n

88 Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/p>\n

Scratched:\u00a0D Simon Lundmark<\/p>\n

Injured reserve:\u00a0C Brayden Point (lower body), D Victor Hedman (elbow), D Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), D Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed).<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets reporter Brian Hedger<\/a> can be reached at bhedger@dispatch.com<\/a> and @BrianHedger.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Skate report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After shutting out the Dallas Stars, Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves will stay in net against the Tampa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[1942,243,397,3644,5180,5390,97,1332,7436,10786,8167,1285,96,6548,897,230,5179,147,8744,7405,6627,2580,10106,692,52916,6815,21312,25435,7819,6713,2312,6817,5,4529,6818,6714,13592,33605,1331,693,5630,43822,1944,862,6813,2912,4,1334,1335,1288,3727,34097,4085,1945,19158,92,1498,400,6889,2566,2313],"class_list":["post-426173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-adam-fantilli","tag-andrei-vasilevskiy","tag-anthony-cirelli","tag-blue-jackets","tag-bluejackets","tag-boone-jenner","tag-brandon-hagel","tag-brayden-point","tag-brendan-gaunce","tag-brendan-smith","tag-cam-atkinson","tag-charlie-coyle","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-cole-sillinger","tag-columbus","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-columbusbluejackets","tag-dallas-stars","tag-damon-severson","tag-dante-fabbro","tag-danton-heinen","tag-darren-raddysh","tag-declan-carlile","tag-denton-mateychuk","tag-derek-dorsett","tag-dmitri-voronkov","tag-dominic-james","tag-egor-zamula","tag-elvis-merzlikins","tag-emil-lilleberg","tag-erik-cernak","tag-erik-gudbranson","tag-hockey","tag-isac-lundestrom","tag-ivan-provorov","tag-j-j-moser","tag-jack-finley","tag-jake-christiansen","tag-jake-guentzel","tag-jet-greaves","tag-jonas-johansson","tag-kent","tag-kirill-marchenko","tag-mason-marchment","tag-mathieu-olivier","tag-nationwide-arena","tag-nhl","tag-nick-paul","tag-nikita-kucherov","tag-oliver-bjorkstrand","tag-pontus-holmberg","tag-r-j-umberger","tag-ryan-mcdonagh","tag-sean-monahan","tag-simon-lundmark","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-victor-hedman","tag-yanni-gourde","tag-zach-aston-reese","tag-zach-werenski","tag-zemgus-girgensons"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426173","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=426173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}