Following their loss to the New York Rangers, Coach Jon Cooper bemoaned the lack of execution by the Tampa Bay Lightning. A couple of days off and a line shuffle seemed to help things out as the Bolts put on a clinic in Columbus, as they defeated the Blue Jackets, 5-2. Steven Stamkos scored twice while Corey Perry, Ross Colton, and Cal Foote picked up their first goals of the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves in the victory.
The Lightning absolutely dominated the possession stats at 5v5. According to Natural Stat Trick they controlled the shot attempts 64-26 (71%), scoring chances 35-11 (76%), high-danger chances 15-2 (88%) and expected goals (77%).