Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 2021 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Nationwide Arena. The Lightning outshot the Blue Jackets 32-28.
Goals came from Victor Hedman, Nick Foligno, Mikhail Grigorenko, Vladislav Gavrikov, Ondrej Palat, Zach Werenski and Eric Robinson.
Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Victor Hedman (1)Mitchell Stephens (1), Alexander Volkov (1)1–004:10 TBL
Nick Foligno (3)Cam Atkinson (2), Michael Del Zotto (4)1–104:27 CBJ
Mikhail Grigorenko (1)Kevin Stenlund (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)1–210:03 CBJ
Vladislav Gavrikov (1)Liam Foudy (2), Eric Robinson (1)1–319:01 CBJ
Ondrej Palat (3)Brayden Point (3), Victor Hedman (4)2–319:46 TBL · PPG
3rd period
Zach Werenski (1)Alexandre Texier (2), Boone Jenner (2)2–406:34 CBJ
Eric Robinson (1)Riley Nash (1), Seth Jones (1)2–518:12 CBJ · EN
Team stats
TBLCBJ
32Shots on goal28
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits24
8Blocked shots9
4Giveaways4
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 19:16
Nathan Gerbe · slashing2 min - 2nd 07:04
Jan Rutta · hooking2 min - 2nd 11:52Mikhail Grigorenko · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:09Mikhail Sergachev · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:55Seth Jones · high sticking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 77Victor HedmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 | 26:47 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 20:24 |
| 67Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 05:45 |
| 92Alexander VolkovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 7Mathieu JosephR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 19Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:44 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28:51 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 52Cal FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:24 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 24:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Christopher GibsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 59:52 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 11Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:54 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 24Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:03 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:43 |
| 15Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |