nhl Game Recap
Lightning vs Blue Jackets Final: 6-3 - Recap
Nikita Kucherov scored a pair of goals against the Blue Jackets as Tampa Bay handed Columbus a 6-3 defeat on Tuesday at Amalie Arena.
The Lightning were a -425 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Tampa Bay got goals from Nikita Kucherov(2), Brayden Point, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ross Colton, and Nicholas Paul in the victory. Kucherov opened the scoring at 1:40 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 23 Columbus shots in the victory.
Gavin Bayreuther, Tim Berni, and Kirill Marchenko scored for the Blue Jackets, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 40 of 46 shots for the Blue Jackets, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 3-for-4, while the Blue Jackets were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Columbus lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 46-23.
Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Canucks. Columbus, meanwhile, will have their next action against Carolina.