TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Victor Hedman, Cedric Paquette and Yanni Gourde had first-period goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Blue Jackets 8-2.
Brayden Point scored in both the second and third periods, and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 30 saves for Tampa Bay.
Columbus got goals from Josh Anderson and Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots.