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  • Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 6 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 6 Recap

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer, John Moore

    Injuries:

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 6:46 – Pierre – Luc Dubois, 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

    End of 1st – BOS – 0      CBJ – 0

    Shots              12               10

    Faceoffs         9/15          6/15

    Hits                7                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 2:42 – David Pastrnak, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 12:13 – David Krejci (2) assisted by Jake DeBrusk (3) and Connor Clifton (2)

    Boston Penalty – 9:22 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Boston Penalty – 19:40 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head

    End of 2nd – BOS – 1      CBJ – 0

    Shots               26                 17

    Faceoffs        21/39           18/39

    Hits                17                  36

    PP                   0/1                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 4:58 – Joakim Nordstrom, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 8:58 – Marcus Johansson (2) assisted by Charlie Coyle (3) and Danton Heinen (4)

    Boston Goal – 10:39- David Backes (1) assisted by Torey Krug (7) and Krejci (6)

    Boston Goal – 18:32 – David Pastrnak (6) assisted by Brad Marchand (8) and Brandon Carlo (1)

    End of 3rd – BOS – 3         CBJ- 0

    Shots              29                29

    Faceoffs      31/63         32/63

    Hits              19                  43

    PP                 0/1                0/4

     

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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 5 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 5 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Columbus came to play at the beginning of the game settling into their physical puck possession style of game and Bruce Jenner seemed to be in the middle of it all. No goals here but a few failed powerplays.

    Bruins elevated their game and scored a quick one just over a minute into period 2 and Columbus held their own but couldn’t seemingly get their offense to click at all. Frustrating period for the Blue Jackets. But they’re still in it.

    the Third period would begin with Boston looking like they were gonna put the game away with chance after chance and would even score to make it 2-0. But a strange goal that was ruled a goal by a review as it did cross the line would change the makeup of this game. 2-1 nine minutes remaining Columbus pressing but a bad pinch would allow the Bruins to gain back the 3-1 lead. The game was far from over as the Jackets would fire back and get 2 goals in under 30 seconds to tie the game at three. But another bad turnover would lead to a brilliant goal by David Pastrnak to make it 4-3 with a minute remaining. Matt Duchene would hit the post in the dying seconds on a brilliant tip and Brandon Carlo would make a huge block on an Artemi Panarin bomb, to seal the 4-3 win.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 9:03 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Columbus Penalty – 13:43 – Ryan Dzingel, 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 0

    Shots              8               9

    Faceoffs         8/13          5/13

    Hits                13                  10

    PP                 0/1                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Goal – 1:39 – David Krejci (2) assisted by Jake DeBrusk (2) and David Backes (3)

    Boston Penalty – 9:52 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 2nd – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots               23                 21

    Faceoffs        15/29           14/29

    Hits                31                  23

    PP                   0/2                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Boston Goal – 4:51 – Brad Marchand (5) assisted by Connor Clifton (1) and Patrice Bergeron (3)

    Columbus Goal – 10:33 – Seth Jones (3) assisted by Zach Werenski (5) and Cam Atkinson (6)

    Boston Goal – 11:16 – David Pastrnak (5) assisted by Brad Marchand (7)

    Columbus Goal – 12:07 – Ryan Dzingle (1) assisted by Matt Duchene (5) and David Savard (2)

    Columbus Goal – 13:58 – Dean Kukan (1) assisted by Artemi Panarin (6) and Josh Anderson (2)

    Boston Goal – 18:32 – David Pastrnak (6) assisted by Brad Marchand (8) and Brandon Carlo (1)

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 3         BOS – 4

    Shots              36                36

    Faceoffs      29/54          25/54

    Hits              42                  32

    PP                 0/2                0/2

     

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  • New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Carolina came out of the gate fast and furious. Taking a quick lead in the first and dictating a lot of the actions in period one. With the exception of a bad penalty in which the Islanders Devon Toews would get his first of the playoffs, it was a spotless period for the Hurricanes.

    The second period saw a lot of back and forth action with each team getting a goal and a penalty. But the Islanders couldn’t find the extra gas to pull away in this one. Which played right into Carolina’s game plan.

    The third period Captain clutch Justin Williams would come through and Teuvo Teravainen, along with Sebastian Aho would come through with goals of their own to make it 5-2 and a 3-0 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    New York

    NYI

    Defence

    Carolina

     

    GameDay:

     

     

    First Period:

    Carolina Goal – 6:41 – Teuvo Teravainen (4) assisted by Jaccob Slavin (11) and Dougie Hamilton (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 7:03 – Warren Foegele, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    NYI PP Goal – 8:20 – Devon Toews (1) assisted by Josh Bailey (2) and Jordan Eberle (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 10:25 – Brock McGinn, 2 minutes for Hooking

    NYI Penalty – 16:12 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 1st – NYI – 1       CAR – 1

    Shots              10               12

    Faceoffs         10/20           10/20

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Carolina Penalty – 9:51 – Justin Faulk, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Carolina Goal – 11:58 – Justin Faulk (1) assisted by Warren Foegele (3) and Jordan Staal (4)

    NYI Goal – 14:13 – Josh Bailey (4) assisted by Tom Kuhnackel (4)

    NYI Penalty – 17:09 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – NYI- 2        CAR- 2

    Shots               20                 26

    Faceoffs        18/40           22/40

    Hits                18                  15

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

    Third Period:

    Carolina Goal – 10:15 – Justin Williams (2) assisted by Sebastian Aho (4)

    Carolina Goal – 19:02 – Teuvo Teravainen (5) assisted by Brett Pesce (5) and Jaccob Slavin(12)

    Carolina EN Goal – 19:55 – Sebastian Aho (3) assisted by Lukas Wallmark (4)

    End of 3rd – NYI – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              30                   38

    Faceoffs      24/58             34/58

    Hits              28                    25

    PP                 1/3                   0/2

     

     

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  • Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game three. Throwing the body around and clogging up the neutral zone, it looked like we’d see a classic Bruins game. But then tides changed with about 7 minutes to go in the 1st period. Columbus started to control play and throw their body around. With a few minutes left Boone Jenner beamed down the ice and undressed the Bruins defense and scored to give the Jackets a 1-0 heading into the intermission.

    Columbus picked right back up where they left off in the 1st period. Controlling the play and throwing their weight around. Matt Duchene added his 5th on the powerplay on a costly penalty by Brad Marchand. But with forty seconds to go in the 2nd period DeBrusk would come right up the middle and look to score. But the Ref waived the play dead and called it no goal. Refs decided to go upstairs to make sure and Goal-Review board called it a goal on a continuation.

    The third period would bring some serious pressure from the Bruins but they couldn’t beat Sergei Bobrovsky, as the Blue Jackets held on for a 2-1 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:17 – Nick Foligno, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Columbus Goal – 18:37 – Boone Jenner (1) assisted by Riley Nash (2) and Scott Harrington (4)

    Boston Penalty – 19:04 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – BOS – 0       CBJ – 1

    Shots              12               10

    Faceoffs         9/22           13/22

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 10:49 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus PP Goal – 12:42 – Matt Duchene (5) assisted by Nick Foligno (2) and Cam Atkinson (5)

    Boston Goal – 19:20 – Jake DeBrusk (2) assisted by David Krejci (5) and Karson Kuhlman (2)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 1        CBJ- 2

    Shots               22                 27

    Faceoffs        21/39           18/39

    Hits                21                  38

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:18 – David Savard, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – BOS – 1         CBJ – 2

    Shots              37                   34

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits              28                    53

    PP                 0/2                   1/3

     

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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 2 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 2 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game two. Controlling the majority of possession and capitalizing on their only powerplay opportunity courtesy of Matt Grzelcyk 1st of the playoffs.

    Columbus jumped right back into the mix courtesy of Artemi Panarin who scored twice in the 2nd frame, while David Pastrnak scored for Boston in between the two Panarin goals.

    The third period would bring some back and forth play but no goals. Just back and forth which would lead us to overtime again for the 2nd period.

    The overtime would be back and forth all period with Rask making some brilliant saves and Bobrovsky doing the same. But nobody could find the back of the net. Second OT will bring the next opportunity.

    In the second overtime, the Blue Jackets would get a powerplay and capitalize on a rebound goal from Matt Duchene to tie the best of 7 series at one and head back to Boston.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 6:29 – Josh Anderson, 2 minutes for Interference

    Boston PP Goal – 7:50 – Matt Grzelcyk (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (4) and David Krejci (4)

    Boston Penalty – 20:00 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              6               9

    Faceoffs         8/23           15/23

    Hits               18                  15

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Goal – 1:03 – Artemi Panarin (3) assisted by Seth Jones (5) and Cam Atkinson (3)

    Boston Goal – 2:01 – David Pastrnak (3) assisted by Charlie Coyle (2) and Marcus Johansson (3)

    Boston Penalty – 6:36 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Columbus Penalty – 7:37 – Josh Anderson, 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus Goal – 8:01 – Artemi Panarin (4) assisted by Seth Jones (6)

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 2        BOS- 2

    Shots               19                 13

    Faceoffs        23/45           22/45

    Hits                36                  30

    PP                   1/2                  1/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 10:48 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              26                   21

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits               42                    35

    PP                 1/2                   1/4

    Overtime Period 1:

     Boston Penalty – 10:48 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              36                   31

    Faceoffs      35/81             46/81

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 1/3                   1/4

    Overtime Period 2:

    Columbus Goal – 3:42 – Matt Duchene (4) assisted by Artemi Panarin (5) and Cam Atkinson (4)

    End of OT – CBJ – 3         BOS – 2

    Shots              41                   31

    Faceoffs      36/85            49/85

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 2/4                  1/4

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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 1 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 1 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period outshooting Columbus 14-4 and killing off two Blue Jacket Powerplays and scoring what seemingly was a goal Sergei Bobrovsky would love to have back to complete an almost perfect 1st period on home ice. Columbus looks a step behind which could be a case of rust – after having such a long layoff.

    Columbus took a step forward in the second period taking their game up a notch and controlling most of the play. Upping their physicality and getting into the face of Rask.

    The third period would bring some real excitement with the Blue Jackets making an epic comeback in a matter of 13 seconds to take a 2-1 lead into the last 5 minutes of the period. That’s where Boston native Charlie Coyle would take over this game, Scoring with  5 minutes left to tie the game and take it to overtime.

    The overtime would be all Boston and once again Charlie Coyle would seal the deal 5 minutes into the overtime period and give the Bruins  1-0 lead in the best of seven series.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 3:19 – Scott Harrington, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 4:37 – Marcus Johansson, 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Boston Penalty – 9:20 – Charlie Coyle, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Boston SH Goal – 10:34 – Noel Acciari (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (3)

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              4                14

    Faceoffs         6/15            9/15

    Hits               13                  12

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 2:56 – Riley Nash, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 5:16 – David Krejci, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 14:47 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Columbus Penalty – 18:48 – Zach Werenski, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 0        BOS- 1

    Shots               14                 20

    Faceoffs        19/38           19/38

    Hits                 25                  18

    PP                   0/4                  0/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 1:20 – Boone Jenner, 2 minutes for Holding

    Columbus Goal – 7:39 – Riley Nash  (2) assisted by Seth Jones (3) and Boone Jenner (3)

    Columbus Goal – 7:52 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) assisted by Artemi Panarin (4) and Seth Jones (4)

    Boston Goal – 15:25 – Charlie Coyle (4) assisted by Marcus Johansson (1) and Torey Krug (4)

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              21                   33

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               37                     28

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

    Overtime Period:

    Boston Goal – 5:15 – Charlie Coyle (5) assisted by Marcus Johansson (2) and Danton Heinen (3)

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 3

    Shots              22                   37

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               40                    31

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

     

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  • Gameday Recap: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (First Round: Game 4)

    Gameday Recap: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (First Round: Game 4)

    Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
    (Columbus leads the series 3-0)

    Game 4 Recap:

    The Tampa Bay Lightning, clinging onto life in the series, would be called with an early slashing penalty just 45 seconds into the period.  On that power play, Columbus would strike with a goal by Alexandre Texier, his first in the postseason.  Pierre-Luc Dubois would make the game a 2-0 game just a minute later and then at the 8:44 mark, Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos would make it 2-1 contest.  At the 11:41 mark, Lightning F Nikita Kucherov would be called for a tripping penalty and it was thought that Cam Atkinson would make it a 3-1 contest before Tampa Bay would challenge the goal.  The challenge would turn out to be successful, as the Blue Jackets would be called offsides, with 7:37 left in the period.  Columbus would try several more times to get the lead back to two goals, but Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy would make several saves.  Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would make great saves as well and has played a great first 20 minutes, despite allowing the goal by Stamkos.

    The play in the second period would start out slow but both teams would get several shots off. Blue Jackets D Seth Jones make the score 3-1 with his second goal of the series at the 6:28 mark in the period, with Cam Atkinson and Matt Duchene registering their second and fourth assists, respectively, in the postseason.  Tampa Bay would get great looks and shots, but Bobrovsky would do everything he could to turn aside all the shots he faced, especially a great rebound shot from Brayden Point.  However, that shot would go wide from the net as well.  Tampa Bay has been fighting to stay alive not only in the period, but in this contest as well.  The Lightning in the next thirty minutes of the contest need to have more of their top players producing.  Cedric Paquette would bring the Lightning back to within a goal with his first goal of the postseason when the puck would bounce off the top of the crossbar and into the back of the net.  The Tampa Bay Lightning would tie the game at 3 when Brayden Point would score a power play goal, off of the David Savard penalty for Cross-checking.  Columbus would take back the lead with Oliver Bjorkstrand’s second goal of the playoffs just a minute after Point’s goal.

     

    The third period in the contest would contain a few chances for both teams and there would be a lot of hacking and whacking for control of the puck around the boards for possession of the puck.  Five minutes into the period, Anthony Cirelli of the Lightning would breakdown the ice before losing possession of the puck and Tampa would regain possession but it would not be enough as Columbus would regain puck possession.  Throughout the first seven minutes of the third period, there would be a lot of turnovers due to the high action of plays going on from both teams.  In the final five minutes, Artemi Panarin had a great chance to make it a 5-3 Columbus game but the shot would  miss the net by a couple of feet and then Tampa Bay would come racing down the ice to try and make it a 4-4 game but Bobrovsky would freeze the puck and we get the whistle stop play with 3:58 left in the period.  Tampa Bay would pull Vasilevskiy with 2:10 left in the period to give the Lightning an extra skater but that would prove to be costly as Artemi Panarin would score the empty netter to give the Columbus a 5-3 lead with 1:53 left in the contest.  19 seconds later, Alexandre Texier would score an empty netter to seal the win for the Columbus Blue Jackets.  Matt Duchene would score the third empty net goal with nine seconds left to give Columbus the 7-3 win over the Lightning.

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets win their first playoff series, sweeping the Lightning, and now await the winner of the Toronto Maple Leafs v. Boston Bruins.

     

    With the loss by the Tampa Bay Lightning, they become the first team in NHL history to win the Presidents’ Trophy AND get swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

     

    Tampa Bay Lightning Lines and Defensive Pairings:

    Steven Stamkos-Anthony Cirelli-Nikita Kucherov

    Ondrej Palat-Brayden Point-Tyler Johnson

    Mathieu Joseph-Cedric Paquette-J.T. Miller

    Alex Killorn-Yanni Gourde-Ryan Callahan

    Ryan McDonagh-Erik Cernak

    Mikhail Sergachev-Dan Girardi

    Brayden Coburn-Jan Ruuta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Injured: Victor Hedman (Upper Body), Anton Stralman (Lower Body)

    Scratched: Cameron Gaunce, Adam Erne, Danick Martel

     

    Columbus Blue Jackets Lines and Defensive Pairings:

    Artemi Panarin-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Oliver Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingel-Matt Duchene-Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier-Nick Foligno-Josh Anderson

    Brandon Dubinsky-Boone Jenner-Riley Nash

    Zach-Werenski-Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan-David Savard

    Adam Clendening-Scott Harrington

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratches:  Markus Hannikainen  , Lukas Sedlak  , Eric Robinson, Alexander Wennberg, Zac Dalpe, Markus Nutivaara (questionable), Adam McQuaid (injured), Andrew Peeke, Vladislav Gavrikov; Keith Kinkaid, Elvis Merzlikins 

     

     

    First Period:

     

    Tampa Bay Penalty: Ryan McDonagh for Slashing  —  2 min minor  — :45

     

    Columbus PPG: Alexandre Texier (1) assisted by Seth Jones (2) and Pierre-Luc DuBois (1)  —  2:26

     

     

    Columbus Goal: Pierre-Luc DuBois (1) assisted by Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) and Adam Clendening (1)  —  3:48

     

     

    Tampa Bay Goal: Steven Stamkos (1) assisted by Nikita Kucherov (1) and Anthony Cirelli (1)  —  8:44

     

     

    Tampa Bay Penalty: Nikita Kucherov for Tripping  —  2 min minor  —  11:18

     

    Tampa Bay Challenge on Cam Atkinson Goal is Successful (score remains 2-1)  —  12:23

     

    End of 1st – TBL– 1       CLB– 2

    Shots              07                08

    Faceoffs         10                09

    Hits                 13                10

    PP                   0/0               1/2

     

     

    Second Period:

     

    Columbus Goal: Seth Jones (2) assisted by Cam Atkinson (2) and Matt Duchene (1)  —  6:28

     

     

    Tampa Bay Goal:  Cedric Paquette (1) assisted by Braydon Coburn (1) —  13:03

     

     

    Columbus Penalty: David Savard for Cross-checking  —  2 min minor  —  16:43

     

    Tampa Bay PPG: Brayden Point (1) assisted by Steven Stamkos (1) and Nikita Kucherov (2)  —  17:52

     

    Columbus Goal: Oliver Bjorkstand (2) assisted by Scott Harrington (2) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) —  18:46

     

     

    End of 2nd– TBL– 3       CLB– 4

    Shots              20                20

    Faceoffs         19                19

    Hits                 21                17

    PP                 1/1                 1/2

     

     

    Third Period:

     

    Columbus ENG: Artemi Panarin (2) unassisted  —  18:07

     

     

    Columbus ENG: Alexandre Texier (2) assisted by Zach Werenski  —  18:26

     

     

    Columbus ENG: Matt Duchene (3) assisted by David Savard (1) and Scott Harrington (3)  —  19:51

     

     

    End of 3rd– TBL– 3       CLB– 7

    Shots              33                25

    Faceoffs         29                24

    Hits               32                  30

    PP                   1/1                1/2

     

     

    Three Stars of the Game:

     

    First Star:  Columbus F Alexandre Texier (2 goals)

     

    Second Star:  Columbus G Sergei Bobrovsky (30 saves)

     

    Third Star:  Seth Jones (goal)