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Lightning Down Columbus 3-2 - Match Report

The Lightning earned a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets on Thursday at Nationwide Arena.

The Lightning were a -152 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Blake Coleman, Mathieu Joseph, and Brayden Point in the victory. Coleman opened the scoring at 16:33 of the second period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 of 25 Columbus shots in the victory.

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

Columbus got a 34-stop effort from Joonas Korpisalo in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-1, while the Blue Jackets were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Columbus 37-25 in the game.