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Morning After Thoughts: Yanni Gourde and the third line do heavy lifting

The Tampa Bay Lightning took a 3-1 lead in the series with a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets Monday afternoon. On paper, it was probably the worst game the Lightning have played during the series. They had their lowest Corsi For Percentage and Expected Goals For Percentage of the four games when adjusted for score. If you don’t adjust for score, this was the first game where the team was below 50% in Corsi For.

So let’s get into some thoughts.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was great

Andrei Vasilevskiy put up a great performance only allowing one goal on 29 shots.