August 11th, 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of the five-overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game One of their first round series. This game was the beginning of the redemption series after getting swept by the Blue Jackets a year previous. That game, and that series, helped us all believe that the Tampa Bay Lightning could win playoff games and playoff series, and that this team wasn’t fatally flawed, they just got unlucky.
Here is our recap from the game, studiously written by Matt.
“More than six hours after the puck dropped to open the first round of the 2020 NHL Playoffs, Brayden Point’s goal in the fifth overtime provided a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Columbus Blue Jackets.