Game #2 QuickCap: Blue Jackets dominate Lightning, go up 2-0 in series

Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty ImagesThe Columbus Blue Jackets dominated the top-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning in a 5-1 win in Game 2 on Friday night, taking a 2-0 series lead as the CBJ head back home for Game 3 on Sunday.

Matt Duchene led all players with four points (one goal and three assists) and Zach Werenski scored a Gordie Howe hat trick. Cam Atkinson, Riley Nash and Artemi Panarin also scored for Columbus while Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 of 24 shots.

Oh, and David Savard blocked six shots.

The Blue Jackets wasted little time, striking 5:15 into the game. Matt Duchene won a puck battle against J.T. Miller and fired a shot on net that Cam Atkinson redirected for the Blue Jackets’ first goal:

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