The Tampa Bay Lightning practiced on Tuesday ahead of their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Curtis McElhinney was not present as he has been placed on the NHL’s COVID protocol list and is isolating from the team until it is deemed safe. Christopher Gibson from the Taxi Squad took his place in the backup net.
Andrei Vasilevskiy was unfortunately also not present for practice. Head coach Jon Cooper gave his starting goaltender a “body maintenance” day off two days out from the team’s next game (Coop said not to worry).