Brayden Point and the Tampa Bay Lightning emerged as the winners of Tuesday’s five-overtime epic against the Columbus Blue Jackets but this game belonged to Joonas Korpisalo and Seth Jones.
Korpisalo set an NHL record with 85 saves on 88 shot attempts, the most stops made since the NHL started officially recording single-game shot totals in 1955-56.
Jones also set a record, playing a Herculean 65 minutes and six seconds during the contest, the most ice-time logged in a single game.
Despite their record efforts, the Lightning defeated the Blue Jackets 3-2 when Point beat an exhausted Korpisalo upstairs for the victory.