2019-20 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round – Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning Game 2 Preview & Pick
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING FACTS
When is Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning taking place? Wednesday 13th August, 2020 – 20:00 (UK)
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning taking place? Scotiabank Arena, Toronto
What channel is Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning on? Most NHL matches are televised live on either Premier Sports or FreeSports in the UK, while certain matches are televised on BT Sport
Where can I stream Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning? If televised on Premier Sports or FreeSport, subscribers can stream this match live via Premier Player. If televised on BT Sport, subscribers can stream the match live via the BT Sport Player & app
Where can I get tickets for Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning? This match will be played behind closed doors
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING TEAM NEWS
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Liam Foudy -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Alexandre Texier
Gustav Nyquist -- Boone Jenner -- Nick Foligno
Cam Atkinson -- Riley Nash -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eric Robinson -- Alexander Wennberg -- Nathan Gerbe
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Dean Kukan
Joonas Korpisalo
Matiss Kivlenieks
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon -- Mitchell Stephens -- Cedric Paquette
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING PREDICTION
Game one between the Blue Jackets and the Lightning was a war of attrition as Tampa snagged the winner 10:27 into the fifth overtime in what was the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup history. Both teams will now have to reset and recover from that mammoth effort in which Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo made 85 saves, and it will be a psychological challenge as much as physical coming into game two. The Blue Jackets had gone to overtime in two of their last three games against Toronto in the qualifiers so they have put some serious minutes in the last week and that could hamper them here. Tampa Bay are expected to be without Steven Stamkos once again but they may have the edge in morale and energy, so they are marginally favoured to edge this one too.
