Game

Blue Jackets at Lightning

Blue Jackets 5, Lightning 2 · first star Conor Garland (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Blue Jackets CBJ

5 FINAL 2

Lightning TBL

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blue Jackets	0	3	2	5	32
Lightning	1	1	0	2	18

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blue Jackets attack left, Lightning attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CBJ 32, TBL 18.

CBJ in red TBL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Blue Jackets 32 shots on goal (5 goals, 12 missed, 8 blocked) attacking left; Lightning 18 shots on goal (2 goals, 11 missed, 18 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT	TBL SOG	TBL G	TBL ATT
1st	9	0	15	4	1	15
2nd	13	3	17	8	1	20
3rd	10	2	20	6	0	12
Total	32	5	52	18	2	47

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	TBL SOG	TBL G
Even strength	26	3	12	2
Power play	5	2	5	0
Short-handed	1	0	1	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Blue Jackets took 52.5% of the shot attempts, and 53.3% of the 75 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Lightning and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Blue Jackets hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blue Jackets at Lightning
Period	TBL CF%	TBL FF%
1st	50.0	42.9
2nd	54.0	46.4
3rd	37.5	29.2
Game	47.5	39.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

13:38 Gage Goncalves (8) Victor Hedman (15), Nikita Kucherov (70) · tip-in 0–1

2nd period

05:57 Ivan Provorov (8) Denton Mateychuk (17), Charlie Coyle (35) · slap 1–1
06:27 Conor Garland (10) Kent Johnson (14), Sean Monahan (20) · wrist 2–1
11:42 Kirill Marchenko (24) PP Adam Fantilli (27), Zach Werenski (47) · slap 3–1
16:23 J.J. Moser (7) Anthony Cirelli (24) · wrist 3–2

3rd period

04:00 Conor Garland (11) PP Sean Monahan (21), Zach Werenski (48) · wrist 4–2
15:28 Dante Fabbro (5) EN Elvis Merzlikins (2) · wrist 5–2

Three stars

Conor Garland CBJ · R #83 · 2 G, 0 A
Zach Werenski CBJ · D #8 · 0 G, 2 A
J.J. Moser TBL · D #90 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:19	TBL	J.J. Moser	hooking	2	Kirill Marchenko
1st	10:58	TBL	Zemgus Girgensons	holding	2	Charlie Coyle
1st	13:50	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	tripping	2	Brandon Hagel
1st	19:10	CBJ	Cole Sillinger	elbowing	2	J.J. Moser
1st	19:10	TBL	J.J. Moser	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Cole Sillinger
1st	19:10	CBJ	Cole Sillinger	fighting (major)	5	J.J. Moser
1st	19:10	TBL	J.J. Moser	fighting (major)	5	Cole Sillinger
2nd	10:05	TBL	Gage Goncalves	tripping	2	Zach Werenski
2nd	11:59	CBJ	Danton Heinen	hooking	2	Charle-Edouard D'Astous
2nd	14:02	CBJ	Boone Jenner	tripping	2	Anthony Cirelli
3rd	02:36	TBL	Jake Guentzel	hooking	2	Cole Sillinger

Boxscore

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Conor Garland #83	R	2	0	2	+1	6	1	0	0	0.0	11:39
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	2	2	+1	5	0	1	0	53.8	15:53
Zach Werenski #8	D	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	22:59
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	19:00
Dante Fabbro #15	D	1	0	1	-1	1	1	3	0	0.0	19:09
Ivan Provorov #9	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	22:05
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	1	1	-1	5	2	0	0	37.5	18:39
Charlie Coyle #3	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	46.2	20:36
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:32
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	18:44
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	33.3	14:39
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	7	100.0	10:42
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	50.0	13:39
Danton Heinen #43	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0.0	12:32
Mason Marchment #17	L	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	18:33
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	0.0	11:45
Damon Severson #78	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:29
Jake Christiansen #2	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:56

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Elvis Merzlikins #90	W	18	16	2	.889	10/12	5/5	59:29

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lightning skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Gage Goncalves #93	C	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0.0	11:22
J.J. Moser #90	D	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	9	0.0	18:20
Anthony Cirelli #71	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	61.9	16:02
Nikita Kucherov #86	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:32
Victor Hedman #77	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	22:11
Brayden Point #21	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	18:33
Conor Geekie #14	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50.0	09:31
Jake Guentzel #59	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2	57.1	18:16
Yanni Gourde #37	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:31
Zemgus Girgensons #28	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	100.0	12:32
Brandon Hagel #38	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:23
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:01
Oliver Bjorkstrand #22	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	14:49
Pontus Holmberg #29	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	09:14
Charle-Edouard D'Astous #51	D	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	23:34
Declan Carlile #67	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.0	20:35
Ryan McDonagh #27	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	20:21
Steven Santini #16	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:21

Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88	L	31	27	4	.871	23/25	3/5	59:51

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.