Lightning at Blue Jackets preview

LIGHTNING (27-8-2) at BLUE JACKETS (22-14-3)
6 p.m. ET; FS-O, SUN, NHL.TV

With 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in his past 11 games, Johnson equaled the second-longest streaks in the League this season, accomplished by two Lightning teammates, forward Nikita Kucherov, who had 19 points (12 goals, seven assists) from Oct. 6-26, and center Steven Stamkos, who had 21 points (four goals, 17 assists), also from Oct. 6-26.
Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak's 12-game point streak, when he had 14 points (five goals, nine assists) from Nov. 22-Dec. 18, is the longest in the League this season.
The Lightning, who lead the NHL with 56 points, will try to win for the 11th time in 13 games; they're 10-2-0 in their past 12.
The Blue Jackets seek to avoid their third consecutive loss (0-1-1). They're 2-3-2 in their past seven games.

Players to watch

Lightning forward Brayden Point has 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in his past 12 games and 34 points (16 goals, 18 assists) in 37 games this season.
Blue Jackets rookie forward
Sonny Milano
has three goals in two games since his recall from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

They said it

"You can't just come into this league and expect to win because of your record and your previous games. It was a bad game. There's no sugarcoating it. We'll have to improve." -- Lightning center Steven Stamkos on responding to a 5-3 home loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday
"If you want to be a good team in the League, you've got to beat good teams." -- Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson

Lightning projected lineup

Vladislav Namestnikov -- Steven Stamkos -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn - Yanni Gourde -- Cory Conacher
Chris Kunitz -- Cedric Paquette -- JT Brown
Victor Hedman -- Jake Dotchin
Mikhail Sergachev -- Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn -- Andrej Sustr
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Peter Budaj
Scratched:Slater Koekkoek
Injured:Ryan Callahan (upper body), Anton Stralman (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Josh Anderson
Boone Jenner -- Nick Foligno -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Sonny Milano -- Lukas Sedlak -- Matt Calvert
Tyler Motte -- Jordan Schroeder -- Markus Hannikainen
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- David Savard
Scott Harrington -- Markus Nutivaara
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Dean Kukan
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body), Brandon Dubinsky (fractured orbital bone), Alex Wennberg (back), Cam Atkinson (fractured foot)

Status report

Stralman has missed the past two games. … Budaj's status is unclear; he left the game Friday at 10:26 of the third period with a possible left leg injury.

Stat pack

Vasilevskiy is 8-1-0 with 16 goals allowed and two shutouts in his past nine starts. … Jones has seven points (three goals, four assists) in a six-game point streak, his longest in the NHL.