TORONTO — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Blue Jackets 2-1 to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.
Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist as the Lightning pushed the Blue Jackets to the verge of elimination after being swept by Columbus in the first round of the 2019 playoffs.
“Overall, I thought we played a pretty solid game. It’s just one of those things. You, just kind of turn the page, look what we did, look at the positives and be ready to go in a couple days in a do-or-die-game,” said forward Cam Atkinson, who scored for Columbus.
Joonas Korpisalo had 20 saves.
The teams meet Wednesday for Game 5, their sixth meeting this season. The Lightning won the last game 2-1.
Oliver Bjorkstrand leads the Blue Jackets with 21 goals and has 36 points. Pierre-Luc Dubois has four goals and six assists over the last 10 games.
Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 85 points, scoring 33 goals and registering 52 assists. Brayden Point has six goals and four assists over the last 10 games for Tampa Bay.