In Toronto, Joonas Korpisalo made 36 saves for the Columbus Blue Jackets who posted a 3-1 win over he Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of their series.
The series is tied 1-1.
“I think we had an exceptional start and we did everything we wanted to,” Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. “We dictated play. Now we score that first goal and, to be honest, we might have gotten a little comfortable. The second that happens to you, what happened tonight can get you. We give up that first one, take a tough penalty and get scored on there. We just kind of lost our mojo when we lost the lead.”
Ryan Murray and Oliver Bjorkstrand struck for the Jackets in the first period.
Nikita Kucherov was the lone goal scorer for the Bolts.
“They played well tonight,” Tampa’s Kevin Shattenkirk said. “They don’t give you much. They’re patient, they wait for their looks. Whether they have a lot going on or not, they stay in their structure. We have to stay patient too. Even if we don’t get a goal, we have to stay with it. We realize we’ll get our chances if we stay patient and stick with our game plan.”
Alexander Wennberg put the game out reach just past the midway point of the third period.
“Obviously, it’s a big goal for us to give us a little bit of room,” Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella said.
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Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves in the loss.
“The initial rush, he had quite a bit of speed on me,” Shattenkirk said. “I just bit on the shot and he just made a move on me. But at that point in the game it’s a pretty unacceptable play by me to allow us to go down by two there when we really need a goal.”
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