Blue Jackets at Lightning preview

BLUE JACKETS (24-14-3) at LIGHTNING (32-8-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; SUN, FS-O, NHL.TV

Tortorella is 599-476-104 with 37 ties in 18 NHL seasons with the Blue Jackets, Lightning, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. He guided the Lightning to the Stanley Cup in 2004.
Columbus is 7-2-0 in its past nine games and 1-1-0 entering the finale of a three-game road trip.
Tampa Bay had its 16-game point streak ended Saturday in a 5-2 loss at the San Jose Sharks. The NHL-leading Lightning are 10-0-0 against Metropolitan Division teams this season.
Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is likely to make his seventh consecutive start for the Lightning. Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start for the Blue Jackets.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets center Pierre-Luc Dubois has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past eight games.
Lightning center Brayden Point has 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"I don't believe in measuring-stick games. I'm just concerned about our team." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on facing the Lightning.
"Tonight is a good opportunity for us to get back to where we were before the San Jose game. Columbus is a big team that can play physical, but they can skate as well. It's going to be a tough challenge." -- Lightning forward Alex Killorn

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Alex Wennberg -- Anthony Duclair
Eric Robinson
-- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Markus Hannikainen -- Brandon Dubinsky -- Riley Nash
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Dean Kukan, Lukas Sedlak, Nick Foligno
Injured: None

Lightning projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Alex Killorn
Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Adam Erne -- Anthony Cirelli -- Yanni Gourde
Mathieu Joseph -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Anton Stralman
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Dan Girardi -- Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched:Slater Koekkoek, Danick Martel
Injured: J.T. Miller (upper body), Braydon Coburn (upper body)

Status report

Harrington practiced Monday and is expected to play. … Coburn is questionable, though he took part in the optional morning skate. Miller skated Tuesday in a regular jersey but is not expected to play.

Stat pack

Kucherov has 27 points (eight goals, 19 assists) in the past 13 games. …Bobrovsky is 6-2-0 with two shut outs and a .927 save percentage in the past eight starts. …Stamkos has 21 points (13 goals, eight assists) in the past 12 games. …Panarin has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) during his seven-game point streak.