Get the cannon ready. The preseason is here.

The Blue Jackets take on the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday at Nationwide Arena at 7 p.m. You can tune-in on BlueJackets.com/Live, the FOX Sports Go mobile app or listen on 97.1 The Fan.

It will be the first of seven preseason games, with the next coming Thursday at Pittsburgh. Three other games will be at Nationwide Arena -- a Saturday game at 2 p.m. vs. the Penguins, a Sept. 27 game vs. New Jersey and a Sept. 29 clash with St. Louis.

ROSTER: Click here for the Blue Jackets roster for the game

Below is the tentative lineup for the game against the Sabres: