How to Watch Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning: Stream NHL, TV Channel

Surging Lightning return to Tampa to open homestand against the struggling Blue Jackets

Winners of four of their last five games, the Tampa Bay Lightning have found an offensive spark scoring five or more goals three times in the last two weeks as they begin a three-game home stand on Tuesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets who have lost seven of their last eight outings. The Blue Jackets began December two games above .500 but have now lost four in a row, their second-longest losing streak of the season, and have lost four of their last five games on away ice with all four of those road losses coming by two or more goals each.

How to Watch Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning:

Game Date: Dec. 17, 2024 

Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

TV Channel: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio 1 (Cleveland feed)

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Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov ranks third in the National Hockey League with his team-leading 32 assists a season after posting a career-high 100 assists, becoming just the sixth player in league history to eclipse the century mark. Kucherov, who has spent his entire 11-year career with Tampa Bay, is on a seven-game points streak and comes into this game with 14 assists in his last seven games including a season-high five assists in Thursday’s 8-3 win at Calgary.

Columbus ranks 11^th in the league scoring 3.23 goals per game led by winger Kirill Marchenko’s 11 goals. Marchenko, a second-round selection by Columbus in the 2018 NHL Draft, has scored just once in his last eight games but has contributed four assists in his last six outings.

Columbus won the first meeting of the season between these teams 7-6 on a Zach Werenski goal in overtime for their second win in four games against the Lightning, but have not won in Tampa since March of 2021 losing seven consecutive meetings.

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