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Tampa Bay Skates Past Columbus 4-1 - Recap
Tampa Bay earned a 4-1 victory over Columbus behind a 2-goal performance from Steven Stamkos on Tuesday at Amalie Arena.
Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as -385 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 6.5.
Steven Stamkos(2), Nikita Kucherov, and Ondrej Palat each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Kucherov opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 21 Columbus shots in the victory.
Columbus got a goal from Oliver Bjorkstrand in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 of 32 shots for the Blue Jackets, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Columbus went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
Columbus lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 32-21.