TORONTO — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven playoff series.
Alex Killorn, Brayden Point and Victor Hedman scored, and the Lightning held off a 6-on-5 push late by the Blue Jackets, who could manage only seven total shots in the second and third periods.
“I thought we were very good with the puck today,” Hedman said. “You know we made plays when we had the opportunity. The second and third periods are the way we want to play, and we made it hard on them.