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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 2025 · Amalie Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 33–40

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FDSNOH · FDSNSUN

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Blue Jackets 40-33.

Zach Werenski scored twice, Jake Guentzel scored twice and Victor Hedman scored twice. Mitchell Chaffee and Nikita Kucherov also scored.

Jonas Johansson made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 34 of 39.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ110233
Tampa Bay LightningTBL222640

Three stars

  1. ★1st starVictor HedmanTBL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starNikita KucherovTBL · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starZach WerenskiCBJ · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:26

2–4 · 2nd 10:49 · Werenski. Chaffee was 2:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceTBL on ice

0–1 TBL

1st 0:30 · Chaffee

Provorov 0:30

0–2 TBL

1st 1:37 · Kucherov

Long shift: Marchenko 1:07

1–2 CBJ

1st 17:20 · Werenski

Stuck out there: Paul 1:38

1–3 TBL

2nd 1:27 · Guentzel

Jenner 0:08

1–4 TBL

2nd 6:36 · Hedman

Stuck out there: Fabbro 1:42

2–4 CBJ

2nd 10:49 · SH · Werenski

Stuck out there: Chaffee 2:26

2–5 TBL

3rd 9:44 · PP · Hedman

Kuraly 0:49

2–6 TBL

3rd 17:53 · EN · Guentzel

Jenner 0:36

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CBJTBL
33Shots on goal40
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play1/3
18Penalty minutes6
19Hits10
18Blocked shots22
20Giveaways17
2Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 2nd 09:06Mathieu Olivier · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:06Mathieu Olivier · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:06Mathieu Olivier · misconduct10 min
  • 2nd 15:47Ryan McDonagh · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 18:09Erik Cernak · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:09James van Riemsdyk · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 08:55Damon Severson · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 15:18J.J. Moser · interference2 min

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