Welcome to the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Columbus Blue Jackets! After an up and down season that saw the team struggle, add two huge names at the trade deadline in Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel, keep Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky, and then falter through much of March before clinching the playoffs after game 81.
However hard they made it on themselves, they're now here. For their efforts, the Jackets have earned a date with the President’s Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Let’s take a look at the forward matchups between the two teams in advance of Game One on Wednesday night.