Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning
Blue Jackets Lead 1-0
Game Recap:
With the Columbus Blue Jackets leading the series going into game 2, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to even up the series at one game a piece, however, the Blue Jackets would have other things on mind. A little over five minutes into the game Cam Atkinson would score his first goal of the playoffs to give Columbus an early 1-0 lead. The Blue Jackets aggressive play would force the Lightning to take two bad penalties. Columbus would not be able to capitalize on their first powerplay, but it would only take four seconds on the second powerplay as Zach Werenski would get the puck off a clean faceoff win from Matt Duchene and rip it right on net for his first of the playoffs and give Columbus a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.
The second period would not start well for the Lightning as Alex Killorn would take a horrible interference penalty. As a result, the Blue Jackets would strike again. This time Duchene getting his first career playoff goal to give the Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead. The Lightning would get their first powerplay opportunity when Columbus would be called for too many men, however, they would not capitalize on the powerplay, but the Lightning would gain some momentum.
For the third period, the Lightning would come out fired up and force the play against the Blue Jackets. The Lightning’s heavy forechecking would result in a Mikhail Sergachev goal to cut the Blue Jackets lead to two, but the Blue Jackets would respond as Riley Nash would snipe one past Andrei Vasilevskiy to give Columbus their three goal lead back. Not long after getting their three goal lead back, the Blue Jackets would strike again as Artemi Panarin would score his first of the playoffs to give the Blue Jackets a commanding 5-1 lead. Things would get ugly though as after Nikita Kucherov tripped up Makus Nutivaara, he would proceed to board Nutivaara while he was defenseless thus earning a 5 minute major and a game misconduct which should be reviewed by the League for supplementary discipline.
Lineups:
Columbus Blue Jackets:
Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson
Ryan Dzingel — Matt Duchene — Josh Anderson
Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Dubinsky — Boone Jenner — Riley Nash
Zach Werenski — Seth Jones
Markus Nutivaara — David Savard
Scott Harrington — Dean Kukan
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Keith Kinkaid, Eric Robinson, Andrew Peeke, Alexander Wennberg, Markus Hannikainen
Injured: Adam McQuaid (upper body), Ryan Murray (upper body)
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Yanni Gourde — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — J.T. Miller
Adam Erne — Cedric Paquette — Mathieu Joseph
Victor Hedman — Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev — Jan Rutta
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched: Braydon Coburn, Danick Martel, Ryan Callahan
Injured: Anton Stralman (lower body)
First Period:
Blue Jackets Goal – 5:15 – Cam Atkinson (1) from Matt Duchene (1)
Lightning Penalty – 7:08 – Adam Erne 2 minutes for Delay of Game
Lightning Penalty – 11:40 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Hooking
Blue Jackets PPG – 11:44 – Zach Werenski (1) from Matt Duchene (2)
Lightning Penalty – 15:11 – Brayden Point 5 minute major for Fighting
Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:11 – Zach Werenski 5 minute major for Fighting
End of 1st – CLB – 2 TB – 0
Shots 10 08
Faceoffs 08 12
Hits 10 21
PP 1/2 0/0
Second Period:
Lightning Penalty – :30 – Alex Killorn 2 minutes for Interference
Blue Jackets PPG – 1:28 – Matt Duchene (1) from Artemi Panarin (2) amd Zach Werenski (2)
Blue Jackets Penalty – 4:21 – Bench (Matt Duchene) 2 minutes for Too Many Men
End of 2nd – CLB – 3 TB – 0
Shots 17 14
Faceoffs 17 22
Hits 14 30
PP 2/3 0/1
Third Period:
Lightning Goal – 5:00 – Mikhail Sergachev (1) from JT Miller (2) and Erik Cernak (2)
Blue Jackets Penalty – 5:51 – Nick Foligno 2 minutes for Tripping
Blue Jackets Goal – 9:06 – Riley Nash (1) from Boone Jenner (2)
Blue Jackets Goal – 12:15 – Artemi Panarin (1) from Matt Duchene (3) and Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)
Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 2 minutes for Tripping
Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 5 minute major for Boarding
Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov – Game Misconduct
Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Victor Hedman – Misconduct
Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Roughing
Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson – Misconduct
End of 3rd – CLB – 5 TB – 1
Shots 27 24
Faceoffs 27 33
Hits 17 37
PP 2/4 0/2
Next Up:
Game Three – Blue Jackets Leads Series 2-0
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