The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in five overtimes Tuesday, giving the Lightning a 1-0 advantage to open the First Round series.
Tampa Bay center Brayden Point scored the game-winning goal more than halfway into the fifth and final frame.
The game marked the fourth-longest in NHL history.
Pierre-Luc Dubois opened the scoring for the Blue Jackets just over two minutes into the first period. Point, however, evened the score less than four minutes later to get the Lightning on the board.
Columbus took a 2-1 lead after two periods, but Tampa Bay scored just 23 seconds into the third period to level the score.