After losing the opening game, the Tampa Bay Lightning scored their first points of the 2022-23 regular season with a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steven Stamkos scored twice for his team, while Corey Perry, Ross Colton and Cal Foote scored their first goals of the year [Raw Charge]
The Lightning absolutely dominated the possession stats at 5v5. According to Natural Stat Trick they controlled the shot attempts 64-26 (71%), scoring chances 35-11 (76%), high-danger chances 15-2 (88%) and expected goals (77%).
They were consistently in the face of Columbus netminder Daniil Tarasov with three of the goals coming off of deflections.