TAMPA, Fla. — The Columbus Blue Jackets are making a serious bid to knock the team with the best regular-season record out of the playoffs. Matt Duchene had a goal and three assists, Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves, and the Blue Jackets stunned the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Friday night to take a 2-0 first-round series lead. The Blue Jackets started the playoffs last season by winning the first two games of the first-round series with eventual Stanley Cup Washington, which won the next four games. Tampa Bay matched the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings for the most wins in a regular season with 62. Werenski made it 2-0 from the blue line after Duchene won a faceoff during a power play at 11:44 of the first.

Source: National Post April 13, 2019 01:55 UTC