Blue Jackets at Lightning 4/12/19 - NHL Playoffs Picks & Predictions

The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday for Game 2 of their NHL Eastern Conference first round best of seven playoff series. The Blue Jackets rallied from a 3-0 deficit in Game 1 to win 4-3 and take a 1-0 series lead. Seth Jones scored the Blue Jackets’ go-ahead goal as Columbus scored three goals during the third period to beat Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay dominated the NHL regular season and appeared to be well on its way to a Game 1 win after leading 3-0 at the end of the first period. Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov, who led the NHL in points with 128 during the regular season was held scoreless. During the regular season, Tampa Bay won all three head-to-head games with Columbus by a combined score of 17-3. After one game of the postseason, Josh Anderson leads Columbus in points with two, in goals with one and assists with one. Three other Blue Jackets players have one goal apiece and Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 1-0 with a goals against average of 3.00 and .897 save percentage.

After one game of the postseason, Alex Killorn leads the Lightning in points with one and goals with one, while Jan Rutta is the assists leader with one. Yanni Gourde and Anthony Cirelli have each scored one goals as well for the Lightning. In goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 0-1 with a 4.00 goals against and .846 save percentage.