No, they’re not still playing. They’re back playing. It’s a different game. And they had 41-1/2 hours of rest in between.
Not as much as they’d expected, but every little bit helps.
Less than day two days after Brayden Point ended the fourth-longest game in NHL history, the Lightning and Blue Jackets are lacing them up again for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series this afternoon in Toronto.
The teams have already made history (most shots, most saves, most minutes played) and created their share of memorable moments, but you can be sure there is plenty of excitement still to come.
Follow along with us starting at 3 p.m. as the Lightning continue their coronavirus-delayed quest to avenge last season’s playoff ouster at the hands of these same Blue Jackets, the first step in their pursuit of the Stanley Cup.
SCORE: Blue Jackets 2, Lightning 1 (3rd period)
Third period
Barclay Goodrow with a breakaway 30 seconds into the period after a great stretch pass from Yanni Gourde, but Seth Jones prevents Goodrow from getting a shot away.
Lightning goalie Andrei Vaseilevskiy makes a save on a shot from the slot about 5 minutes in.
Blue Jackets go on a power play after Brayden Point penalized for high sticking Zach Werenski at 5:33.
Blake Coleman and Goodrow keep the puck in the Columbus zone for much of the shorthanded situation.
Zack Bogosian gets a shot through to the net, but Joonas Korpisalo makes the save with 12 minutes remaining.
Second period
Blake Coleman skates deep into the Columbus zone about 2 minutes into the period, but Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski pokes the puck off his stuck at the right faceoff dot.
Shortly afterward, Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stops Pierre-Luc Dubois’ blast from the right circle.
Joonas Korpisalo’s absorbs Victor Hedman’s shot from the right circle about 5 minutes in.
Lightning nearly scores when Tyler Johnson picks off a flip pass from the Columbus zone at the blue line, then passes across the crease to Anthony Cirelli, but the puck just eludes Cirelli’s stick.
Alex Killorn penalized for holding at 5:22. On replay, it looked more like a punch to Seth Jones’ mouth.
Lightning, with active sticks in the passing lanes, kill the penalty.
Korpisalo turns away a Nikita Kucherov shot from the left circle with 9:35 left in the period.
Vasilevsky smothers Riley Nash’s blast from the left circle with 8:39 left.
Vasilevskiy steers Bjorkstrand redirection from in front into the corner.
Johnson and Killorn just miss connecting in front of the Columbus net with about 8 minutes remaining in the period as the puck goes underneath Killorn’s stick.
Pileup in front of Columbus net after Mikhail Sergachev’s shot from the left circle hits Barclay Goodrow in the back and the puck briefly is loose in front of Korpisalo.
Sergachev appears to be favoring his right side as he skates off the ice. Was hit by Nick Foligno.
Tyler Johnson misses high after a Columbus turnover with just over 1 minute to play in the period.
First period
Ryan McDonagh prevents a Columbus 2-on-1 opportunity less than three minutes in by breaking up a pass with his skate.
After blocking a shot in his own end, Lightning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk hustles to the other end, where his shot from between the circles is stopped by Joonas Korpisalo around the 4-minute mark.
Lightning goal! Nikita Kucherov banks in a shot off Korpisalo’s right pad from below the goal line after Ondrej Palat misses high from the slot (5:24). Lightning 1, Blue Jackets 0.
Korpisalo stops Brayden Point from in close at 8:32.
Kucherov has two chances from the right circle around the 9-minute mark, but the first misses high and wide and Korpisalo stops the second.
Lightning outshooting the Blue Jackets 7-0 through the first 10 minutes.
Lightning goes on the power play after Seth Jones is called for tripping at 10:30. Brayden Point nearly scores from in front of the net on the delayed penalty. Korpisalo makes a save from point-blank range.
Korpisalo gloves Victor Hedman shot from the top of the right circle at 11:59.
Nick Foligno nearly sneaks a shot past Vasilevskiy at 12:25.
Blue Jackets goal. Ryan Murray deflects Pierre-Luc DuBois’ centering pass from below the goal line past Vasilevskiy to tie the game (12:52). Lightning 1, Blue Jackets 1.
Kucherov had an opportunity from in front after a nice leave from Palat with about 3 minutes left in the period.
Erik Cernak penalized for interfering with Oliver Bjorkstrand near the blue line, putting Columbus on the power play with 1:41 left.
Columbus goal. Blue Jackets don’t waste any time taking advantage, as Bjorkstrand beats Vasilevskiy to the far side with a one-timer from the lower right circle. Dubois sets up the goal with a pass from below the goal line. (18:35) Blue Jackets 2, Lightning 1.
Kucherov and Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski mix it up at the buzzer. Kucherov appeared to take exception to a high hit into the end boards as time expired.
Pregame
Columbus forwards Cam Atkinson and Nathan Gerbe are out for today’s game, unfit to play according to a tweet from the Blue Jackets’ PR staff. Devin Shore and Emil Bemstrom will take their places.
Andrei Vasilevskiy (61 saves in Game 1) and Joonas Korpisalo (an NHL-record 85 saves) again will start in net.
Just as in Game 1, the Lightning will put the Yanni Gourde line out first.
Lightning captain Steven Stamkos remains out with a lower-body injury.
With Boston and Carolina scheduled to play tonight on the same ice, the NHL seemed all too aware that it has only so much control over the projected 8 p.m. start time.
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