Torts reveals Game 1 lineup against the Lightning

The Columbus Blue Jackets got into the postseason almost at the last minute and head coach John Tortorella wants to be ready for the best team in the league as they face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first game of the first round series tonight. 

It appears that Torts been enjoying his latest combinations and expects to keep things similar to  how his lines looked to finish the last game and a half of the season. In practice Tuesday, Nick Foligno was centering the line with Oliver Bjorkstrand and rookie Alexander Texier.

Here is a look at the projected lineup for tonight's Game 1 against the Bolts: 

Artemi Panarin  - Pierre-Luc Dubois  - Cam Atkinson  

Ryan Dzingel - Matt Duchene - Josh Anderson 

Alexandre Texier - Nick Foligno - Oliver Bjorkstrand 

Riley Nash  - Brandon Dubinsky  - Boone Jenner 

Zach Werenski  - Seth Jones 

Markus Nutivaara  - David Savard 

Dean Kukan  - Scott Harrington 

Sergei Bobrovsky   

Joonas Korpisalo 

Scratched: Markus Hannikainen , Lukas Sedlak , Eric Robinson, Alexander Wennberg, Adam Clendening, Adam McQuaid, Andrew Peeke, Keith Kinkaid, Elvis Merzlikins 

Like it seems hard to point out the Lightning's weaknesses this season (do they have any?) the Blue Jackets will need to find a way to beat them and Andrei Vasilevskiy in between the pipes. The Vezina Trophy hopeful went 39-10-4 with a .925 save percentage and six shutouts on the season.