Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay LightningDec 7, 2026

Time TBDMonday, Dec 7, 2026

away

Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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home

Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

CBJaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,000 km travel · +1 h

TBLhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 2,014 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: CBJ (1 day rest) at TBL (1 day rest).

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jet Greaves82%
Cam Talbot18%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 6–3 vs BUF · Oct 1

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:18
L2Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
10:17
L3Heinen – Garland – Lomberg
6:28
L4Monahan – Nichushkin – Voronkov
6:19
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
15:16
D2Soucy – Andrae
8:50
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
5:17
PP1Coyle – Werenski – Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
2:18

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Andrei Vasilevskiy89%
Dennis Hildeby11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–5 at NYR · Oct 1

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
8:05
L2Kucherov – Point – Mikheyev
6:58
L3Harkins – Goncalves – Geekie
5:04
L4Girgensons – Viel – Holmberg
4:59
D1McDonagh – Cernak
11:26
D2Hedman – D'Astous
11:01
D3Carlson – Moser
9:29
PP1Carlson – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
7:18

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Game day: all games on Dec 7.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.