Less than 48 hours after the five-overtime marathon that was Game 1 on Tuesday afternoon and into the evening hours, it was going to be interesting to see how each team responded in Game 2.
Tampa Bay was the team that looked impressive out of the shoot, playing to their brand of fast and electric hockey. They outshot the Blue Jackets 10-0 through the midway point of the first period before Columbus registered a shot. The Lightning also struck first with the game’s first goal.
But that would be the only marker for Tampa, as the Jackets took Game 2, 3-1, behind goals by Ryan Murray, Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Alexander Wennberg.