The Tampa Bay Lightning’s final shot of the night was wristed just wide of the net by a frustrated Brandon Hagel. Seeing how it came a full second or two after the horn had sounded, the Columbus Blue Jackets took exception and buried Hagel under a sea of blue jerseys.When the teams were finally separated, Columbus went to celebrate, and the Lightning were left with another frustrating loss as Kirill Marchenko’s early third period goal proved to be the difference in the 3-2 Blue Jackets victory.
It was a back-and-forth game, at least on the scoreboard. Columbus opened the scoring as Erik Cernak struggled to get his stick on a puck in front of the net, which allowed Kent Johnson to collect it and put it past Jonas Johansson, who was making his second start of the night.