By Nicole Kraft
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zach Werenski’s aim at 1:25 of time beyond regulation punctuated a five-point sport because the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from an early three-goal deficit and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-6 on Thursday evening.
Werenski had tied the sport at 4 within the second interval and added three assists because the Blue Jackets received their second straight sport. Sean Monahan had a aim and three assists and Dmitri Voronkov added a aim and an help. Kent Johnson scored on an influence play and short-handed in his first sport again after lacking 14 contests as a result of an harm sustained on Oct. 17. Yegor Chinakhov added a aim and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 24 pictures.
Anthony Cirelli, Mitchell Chaffee, Brandon Hagel and Connor Geekie every had a aim and an help for Tampa Bay. Brayden Level and Cam Atkinson additionally scored, and Nikita Kucherov completed with three assists. Jonas Johansson made 36 saves.
Takeaways
Lightning: Tampa Bay seemed to be cruising after scoring three targets within the first, however failed to carry the lead.
Blue Jackets: Columbus returned residence after seven of its final eight video games on the street and scored 4 instances within the second interval.
Key Second
Tampa Bay jumped out to a three-goal lead within the first interval earlier than the second was a shootout with Columbus scoring 4 instances and Tampa twice.
Key Stat
Brayden Level, in his second sport again from a lower-body harm that sidelined him for 4 video games, scored a power-play aim at 1:51 of the primary interval—simply 23 seconds right into a Columbus penalty. Level has three targets in two video games and is tied with Nikita Kucherov for the workforce lead with 11.
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