Last spring, the Blue Jackets started the post-season by winning the first two games against eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington, which won the next four games. TAMPA, FLA.—Matt Duchene had a goal and three assists, Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves, and the Columbus Blue Jackets stunned the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Friday night to take a 2-0 series lead in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots for the Lightning, who lost two games in a row just twice in the regular season. The Lightning got within two goals at 3-1 when Sergachev’s shot went into the net off Blue Jackets defenceman Markus Nutivaara’s skate five minutes into the third. Nash and Panarin scored goals over a three-minute span midway through the period.

Source: thestar April 13, 2019 02:03 UTC