Game 2 Preview: What on earth can Jackets/Lightning give us for encore?!

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Thursday, August 13, 2020 - 3:00 EST

Scotiabank Arena - Toronto, Ontario

TV: Fox Sports Ohio & NBCSN; Radio: 97.1 FM

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Columbus Blue Jackets (33-22-15, 81 points, 6th Metro, 9th East)

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Wow. While I’m writing this preview in the minutes following the marathon five-overtime Game 1 that was Blue Jackets-Lightning, I still wouldn't be surprised if that game was still happening. Seriously though, what. a. game.

The 6.5-hour 5OT Columbus-Tampa Bay game averaged 755,000 viewers, NBC Sports’ 3rd-most watched 1st-day game on record. OT portion of game from 5:45-9:25 p.m. ET averaged 957,000 viewers and later peaked at 1.847 million viewers for its…