Tampa Bay Lightning hold off Columbus Blue Jackets in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 8-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Fedor Svechkov opened the scoring for Columbus Blue Jackets at 8:50, Tyler Toffoli tied it for Tampa Bay Lightning at 18:52, and Warren Foegele put Tampa Bay Lightning in front at 19:08.

Tristan Jarry was under siege with 6 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1 while Columbus Blue Jackets went 0-for-2.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 2. Columbus Blue Jackets edged the shot clock 14-12, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Warren Foegele extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 4:04, Gage Goncalves cut the deficit for Columbus Blue Jackets at 6:21, and John Beecher tied it for Columbus Blue Jackets at 12:20.

Jonas Johansson was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 0. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 14-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tyler Toffoli put Tampa Bay Lightning in front at 5:54.

Tristan Jarry was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1 while Columbus Blue Jackets went 0-for-2.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.