Both the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets are off to a fast start, but this looks like a tough spot for the visitors who will play their third game in four nights and fourth in six. Note that Lightning are 4-9 in their last 13 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation. The Blue Jackets are perfect 2-0 home at Nationwide Arena with convincing victories over the Islanders and the Rangers. The Lightning are 1-1-1 on the road this season following a 5-4 setback at New Jersey in a shootout, and the Blue Jackets are 17-4 in their last 21 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.

Columbus won all three meetings last season, outscoring the Tampa Bay 13-5 in the process. The Lightning's netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy is 0-2 with a 3.54 GAA against the Blue Jackets.

My selection is a 10* play on Columbus Blue Jackets.