nhl Game Recap
Lightning Down Columbus 3-2 - Match Report
Tampa Bay earned a 3-2 victory over Columbus behind a 2-goal performance from Brayden Point on Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena.
Tampa Bay was favored by -163 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point(2), and Yanni Gourde in the victory. Point opened the scoring at 6:27 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 61-save effort for the Lightning.
Columbus got goals from Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Oliver Bjorkstrand in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 85 of 88 shots for the Blue Jackets, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-4, while the Blue Jackets were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Columbus lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 88-63.