How to Watch Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time - 4-9-2024

The Columbus Blue Jackets (26-40-12), losers of eight straight road games, visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (43-27-7) at Amalie Arena on Tuesday at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+, BSOH, and BSSUN.

Lightning vs. Blue Jackets Game TV Channel & Live Stream

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM ET
TV: Bally Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Lightning and Blue Jackets Stats, Key Players, and Injuries

Lightning Insights

The Lightning’s 271 total goals (3.5 per game) make them the fifth-best scoring team in the NHL.
The Lightning rank 23rd in goals against, allowing 251 total goals (3.3 per game) in league play.
They have the league’s 12th-ranked goal differential at +20.
The 69 power-play goals the Lightning have scored this season (on 234 power-play chances) lead the NHL.
The Lightning’s 29.49% power-play conversion rate paces the league.
The Lightning have scored five shorthanded goals this season.
The Lightning have the league’s fifth-best penalty-kill percentage (83.18%).
The Lightning have the ninth-best faceoff win rate in the NHL, at 51.6%.
The Lightning’s 12.1% shooting percentage tops the league.
The Lightning have earned four shutouts this season. Their skaters average 21 hits and 15.2 blocked shots per game.

Lightning Key Players

Nikita Kucherov is one of Tampa Bay’s leading contributors this season with 136 points. He has averaged 0.6 goals per game, shooting 14.6%.
With 43 goals and 42 assists, Brayden Point is one of the top offensive options for Tampa Bay with his 85 points (1.1 per game).
On 156 shots (for 13 goals) and 62 assists, Victor Hedman has contributed 75 points this season.
In 49 games played this season, Andrei Vasilevskiy (29-18-2) has allowed 138 goals.

Lightning Injuries

Tanner Jeannot: Upper Body (Questionable), Jonas Johansson: Lower Body (Questionable), Haydn Fleury: Undisclosed (Questionable), Mikhail Sergachev: Lower Body (Out)

Blue Jackets Insights

The Blue Jackets have 222 goals this season (2.8 per game), 24th in the NHL.
The Blue Jackets have allowed 280 total goals this season (3.6 per game), 30th in the NHL.
They have the 29th-ranked goal differential in the league at -58.
The Blue Jackets have 31 power-play goals (31st in NHL) on 206 chances.
The Blue Jackets score on 15.05% of their power plays, No. 30 in the league.
This season, the Blue Jackets have five shorthanded goals (23rd in NHL).
The 76.79% penalty-kill percentage of the Blue Jackets is 24th in the NHL.
The Blue Jackets win 47.1% of faceoffs, 27th-ranked in the NHL.
The 9.5% shooting percentage of the Blue Jackets is 25th in the league.
This season, the Blue Jackets have shut out their opponents once.

Blue Jackets Key Players

Johnny Gaudreau’s 11 goals and 47 assists in 77 games for Columbus add up to 58 total points on the season.
Zachary Werenski has helped lead the offense for Columbus this season with nine goals and 42 assists.
Columbus’ Kirill Marchenko is among the leaders on the team with 39 total points (21 goals and 18 assists).
Elvis Merzlikins has a 13-17-8 record this season, with an .897 save percentage (49th in the league). He has 1137 saves, and has given up 130 goals (3.4 goals against average).

Blue Jackets Injuries

Adam Fantilli: Leg (Out), Patrik Laine: Collarbone (Out), Sean Kuraly: Lower Body (Out), Kent Johnson: Shoulder (Out For Season), Yegor Chinakhov: Upper Body (Out), Jake Bean: Hand (Out For Season), Boone Jenner: Personal (Questionable), Daniil Tarasov: Upper Body (Questionable), Adam Boqvist: Upper Body (Questionable), Elvis Merzlikins: Lower Body (Questionable)