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Recap - Lightning Defeat Columbus 5-4

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37 of 41 shots fired at him by Columbus, as the Lightning skated to a 5-4 victory Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena.

The Lightning were a -178 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.0.

Tampa Bay got goals from Blake Coleman, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Tyler Johnson, and Kevin Shattenkirk in the victory. Johnson opened the scoring at 5:38 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37 of 41 Columbus shots in the victory.

Columbus got goals from Oliver Bjorkstrand, Kevin Stenlund, Alexander Wennberg, and Nick Foligno in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Columbus got a 20-stop effort from Joonas Korpisalo in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-0, while the Blue Jackets were 1-for-6 with the man advantage.

Columbus outshot Tampa Bay 41-25 in the game.