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Point scores the game winner in the fifth overtime as Lightning and Blue Jackets play the fourth longest NHL playoff game

More than six hours after the puck dropped to open the first round of the 2020 NHL Playoffs, Brayden Point’s goal in the fifth overtime provided a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The game went so long that the NHL had to postpone the Carolina Hurricanes/Boston Bruins game that was set to follow it.

With the win, the Lightning take a 1-0 series lead as they look to avenge the first round sweep from last season. Andrei Vasilevskiy set a club record by stopping 61 of 63 shots. It was a game for the ages.