There were no fans to head for the exits early when the Lightning and Blue Jackets played one of the longest games in NHL history yesterday afternoon (and night).
Tampa Bay and Columbus played 90 minutes and 27 seconds of extra time, the fourth longest game the league has ever seen. The game started at 3 p.m. ET and didn’t end until 9:23. It went on for so long that the Bruins-Hurricanes game previously scheduled for 8 p.m. had to be pushed back to the morning.
Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo made an NHL-record 85 saves but couldn’t stop Brayden Point’s wrister from the high slot more than halfway through the fifth overtime.