The Columbus Blue Jackets shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 in Game 5 of their Qualifying Round series, pushing Columbus, the 9th seed in the East, into a First Round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning... Again.
Hello Jackets my old friends... I’ve come to play this series again...
Game 1 between the two teams is slated for 3pm ET on Tuesday, August 11th. Presumably they’ll play every other day until 4-7 games are up*, hopefully with the Lightning on top. “Home ice” will be allocated as normal, with the Lightning getting last change for the first two games of the series and games five and seven if they’re necessary.