Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Tampa Bay Lightning (27-14-4, 58 points) and Columbus Blue Jackets (21-20-4, 46 points) skate against each other for the second of three meetings this season live from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The game can be live streamed here. Tampa Bay fans can hear all of the action by adjusting their radios to 970 WFLA while Columbus fans can do the same on Sports Radio 97.1
Tampa Bay is 7-1 in its last eight road games while Columbus has won three games in a row. The first time these two teams met, the Blue Jackets defeated the Lightning 1-0 in Columbus on Dec. 3.
The Lightning have surged on the road this season and ended the Philadelphia Flyers' 10-game home winning streak with a 6-3 victory on Saturday.
''We have a good thing going on the road lately and we hope to keep it going,'' defenseman Andrej Sustr said per NHL.com.
The Blue Jackets are riding high after their 6-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
''We were willing to do the work, we weren't waiting for our teammate to do the work." Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said via NHL.com. "I think each guy took it upon themselves, that 'this is what I need to do. I need to skate and work.'"
The Blue Jackets have been paced by Ryan Johansen, who has 33 points off of 16 goals and 17 assists while Brandon Dubinsky has nine tallies and 20 helpers for 29 points and Nick Foligno has found the back of the net 12 times and added 14 assists for 26 points.
Martin St. Louis paces the Lightning with 42 points off of 20 goals and 22 assists while Valtteri Filppula has 16 points in his last 13 games for a total of 36 off of 18 markers and 18 helpers and Teddy Purcell has 28 points while finding the twine nine times and adding 19 assists.
Ben Bishop (wrist) may return for Tampa Bay and is 22-5-3 with a 1.86 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage while Sergei Bobrovsky is likely to start for Columbus and is 12-11-2 with a 2.61 GAA and a .914 save percentage.
The Lightning look to continue their road success while the Blue Jackets hope to notch their fourth straight victory when these teams hit the ice tonight at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
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