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Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 40-30-12
at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 50-26-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 3 2 5
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 13 10 32
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 8 6 18

Three stars

  1. C. Garland, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 goals)
  2. Z. Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 assists)
  3. J. Moser, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 13:38 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves (8) Victor Hedman (15), Nikita Kucherov (70) Even strength CBJ 0, TBL 1
2nd 05:57 Columbus Blue Jackets Ivan Provorov (8) Denton Mateychuk (17), Charlie Coyle (35) Even strength CBJ 1, TBL 1
2nd 06:27 Columbus Blue Jackets Conor Garland (10) Kent Johnson (14), Sean Monahan (20) Even strength CBJ 2, TBL 1
2nd 11:42 Columbus Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (24) Adam Fantilli (27), Zach Werenski (47) Power play CBJ 3, TBL 1
2nd 16:23 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser (7) Anthony Cirelli (24) Even strength CBJ 3, TBL 2
3rd 04:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Conor Garland (11) Sean Monahan (21), Zach Werenski (48) Power play CBJ 4, TBL 2
3rd 15:28 Columbus Blue Jackets Dante Fabbro (5) Elvis Merzlikins (2) Even strength, Empty net CBJ 5, TBL 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 32 18
Power play 2 of 4 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 13 15
Hits 21 29
Blocked shots 15 8
Giveaways 17 11
Takeaways 9 2
Faceoffs won 24/55 (43.6%) 31/55 (56.4%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 46.2% 20:36
4 C. Sillinger C 0 0 0 -2 7 0 3 1 0 100% 10:42
17 M. Marchment L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 18:33
19 A. Fantilli C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 0 0 37.5% 18:39
21 I. Lundestrom C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 0 0 50% 13:39
23 S. Monahan C 0 2 2 +1 0 5 0 1 0 53.8% 15:53
24 M. Olivier R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 1 0 11:45
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 33.3% 14:39
43 D. Heinen L 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 12:32
83 C. Garland R 2 0 2 +1 0 6 1 0 1 11:39
86 K. Marchenko R 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 0 1 19:00
91 K. Johnson C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 12:32
2 J. Christiansen D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 11:56
5 D. Mateychuk D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 18:44
8 Z. Werenski D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:59
9 I. Provorov D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 22:05
15 D. Fabbro D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 3 0 19:09
78 D. Severson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 19:29
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
90 E. Merzlikins 18 16 2 .889 59:29 Win

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 C. Perry R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 13:01
14 C. Geekie C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 09:31
21 B. Point C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 18:33
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 14:49
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 0 100% 12:32
29 P. Holmberg R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 09:14
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 50% 15:31
38 B. Hagel L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:23
59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 1 0 57.1% 18:16
71 A. Cirelli C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 61.9% 16:02
86 N. Kucherov R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:32
93 G. Goncalves C 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 11:22
16 S. Santini D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 09:21
27 R. McDonagh D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:21
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 23:34
67 D. Carlile D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 20:35
77 V. Hedman D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 22:11
90 J. Moser D 1 0 1 +1 9 2 5 0 0 18:20
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 31 27 4 .871 59:51 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:19 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser Hooking 2
1st 10:58 Tampa Bay Lightning Zemgus Girgensons Holding 2
1st 13:50 Columbus Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko Tripping 2
1st 19:10 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger Elbowing 2
1st 19:10 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
1st 19:10 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger Fighting (major) 5
1st 19:10 Tampa Bay Lightning J.J. Moser Fighting (major) 5
2nd 10:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves Tripping 2
2nd 11:59 Columbus Blue Jackets Danton Heinen Hooking 2
2nd 14:02 Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner Tripping 2
3rd 02:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel Hooking 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Rick Bowness
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Cody Beach, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, CJ Murray
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Erik Gudbranson, Miles Wood, Egor Zamula, Dmitri Voronkov
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Scott Sabourin, Darren Raddysh, Erik Cernak, Emil Lilleberg

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 10

Matchup Status Details
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Boston Bruins 2 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 0 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final/SO Game page
New York Islanders 4 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 0 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Winnipeg Jets 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 4 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final Game page

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