Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Tuesday, March 10, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

5–2

Final

SOG 32–18

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The Spot · FDSNOH

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Lightning 32-18.

Conor Garland scored twice. Gage Goncalves, Ivan Provorov, Kirill Marchenko, J.J. Moser and Dante Fabbro also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	3	2	5	32
TBL	1	1	0	2	18

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Gage Goncalves (8)Victor Hedman (15), Nikita Kucherov (70)0–113:38 TBL

2nd period

Ivan Provorov (8)Denton Mateychuk (17), Charlie Coyle (35)1–105:57 CBJ
Conor Garland (10)Kent Johnson (14), Sean Monahan (20)2–106:27 CBJ
Kirill Marchenko (24)Adam Fantilli (27), Zach Werenski (47)Moser 1:54 into shift3–111:42 CBJ · PPG
J.J. Moser (7)Anthony Cirelli (24)3–216:23 TBL

3rd period

Conor Garland (11)Sean Monahan (21), Zach Werenski (48)4–204:00 CBJ · PPG
Dante Fabbro (5)Elvis Merzlikins (2)5–215:28 CBJ · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:54

3–1 · 2nd 11:42 · Marchenko. Moser was 1:54 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 TBL

1st 13:38 · Goncalves

Mateychuk 0:49

NormalMateychuk 0:49

1–1 CBJ

2nd 5:57 · Provorov

Hedman 0:13

Fresh legsHedman 0:13

2–1 CBJ

2nd 6:27 · Garland

Guentzel 0:30

Fresh legsGuentzel 0:30

3–1 CBJ

2nd 11:42 · PP · Marchenko

Stuck out there: Moser 1:54

Stuck out thereMoser 1:54

3–2 TBL

2nd 16:23 · Moser

Werenski 0:29

Fresh legsWerenski 0:29

4–2 CBJ

3rd 4:00 · PP · Garland

Cirelli 0:21

Fresh legsCirelli 0:21

5–2 CBJ

3rd 15:28 · EN · Fabbro

Hedman 0:22

Empty netHedman 0:22

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

CBJTBL

32Shots on goal18

44%Faceoff %56%

2/4Power play0/3

13Penalty minutes15

21Hits29

15Blocked shots8

17Giveaways11

9Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 07:19J.J. Moser · hooking2 min
1st 10:58Zemgus Girgensons · holding2 min
1st 13:50Kirill Marchenko · tripping2 min
1st 19:10Cole Sillinger · elbowing2 min
1st 19:10J.J. Moser · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 19:10Cole Sillinger · fighting5 min
1st 19:10J.J. Moser · fighting5 min
2nd 10:05Gage Goncalves · tripping2 min
2nd 11:59Danton Heinen · hooking2 min
2nd 14:02Boone Jenner · tripping2 min
3rd 02:36Jake Guentzel · hooking2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

23Sean MonahanC	0	2	2	+1	5	0	1	0	54	15:53
83Conor GarlandR	2	0	2	+1	6	1	0	0	–	11:39
8Zach WerenskiD	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	–	22:59
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	46	20:36
19Adam FantilliC	0	1	1	-1	5	2	0	0	38	18:39
86Kirill MarchenkoR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	–	19:00
91Kent JohnsonC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:32
5Denton MateychukD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:44
9Ivan ProvorovD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	22:05
15Dante FabbroD	1	0	1	-1	1	1	3	0	–	19:09
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	7	100	10:42
17Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	18:33
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	50	13:39
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	–	11:45
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	33	14:39
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	–	12:32
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	11:56
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	19:29

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	18	16	2	.889	59:29

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

71Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	62	16:02
86Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:32
93Gage GoncalvesC	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	–	11:22
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	22:11
90J.J. MoserD	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	9	–	18:20
10Corey PerryR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	13:01
14Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	09:31
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33	18:33
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	14:49
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	100	12:32
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:14
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	15:31
38Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:23
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2	57	18:16
16Steven SantiniD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:21
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	20:21
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	23:34
67Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	–	20:35

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:51