NHL · Mar 10, 2026

Columbus Blue Jackets

5–2

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

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The Blue Jackets beat the Lightning 5–2 at Benchmark International Arena. C. Garland took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blue Jackets	0	3	2	5	32
Lightning	1	1	0	2	18

★ Three Stars

1C. GarlandCBJ · 2G 0A

2Z. WerenskiCBJ · 0G 2A

3J. MoserTBL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

13:38

Gage Goncalves (Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov)

0-1

2nd Period

05:57

Ivan Provorov (Denton Mateychuk, Charlie Coyle)

1-1

06:27

Conor Garland (Kent Johnson, Sean Monahan)

2-1

11:42

Kirill Marchenko (Adam Fantilli, Zach Werenski)PP

3-1

16:23

J.J. Moser (Anthony Cirelli)

3-2

3rd Period

04:00

Conor Garland (Sean Monahan, Zach Werenski)PP

4-2

15:28

Dante Fabbro (Elvis Merzlikins)EN

5-2

Boxscore

Blue Jackets5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Conor GarlandR	2	0	2	+1	0	6	1	0	11:39
Sean MonahanC	0	2	2	+1	0	5	0	1	15:53
Zach WerenskiD	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	22:59
Kirill MarchenkoR	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	19:00
Dante FabbroD	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	3	19:09
Ivan ProvorovD	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	22:05
Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	20:36
Adam FantilliC	0	1	1	-1	0	5	2	0	18:39
Kent JohnsonC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	12:32
Denton MateychukD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	18:44
Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	13:39
Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	1	11:45
Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-2	7	0	3	1	10:42
Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	11:56
Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	19:29
Boone JennerC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	14:39
Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	12:32
Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	18:33

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Elvis MerzlikinsStart	18	16	2	.889	59:29
Jet Greaves	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Gage GoncalvesC	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	11:22
J.J. MoserD	1	0	1	+1	9	2	5	0	18:20
Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	16:02
Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20:32
Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	22:11
Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9:31
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	12:32
Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	15:31
Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	1	18:16
Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:23
Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	9:14
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	18:33
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	23:34
Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	20:21
Corey PerryR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	13:01
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	14:49
Steven SantiniD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:21
Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	20:35

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	31	27	4	.871	59:51
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00