The Blue Jackets Failed to Pick Up a Point in Florida, Falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 Behind Third-period Goals from Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel
No success in the sunny state.
The Blue Jackets failed to get a point in Florida when they lost 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night at the Amalie Arena, behind goals from Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel in the third period.
1st period
Pierre-Eduoard Bellemare opened the scoring with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle in the rush at 3:57.
#GoBolts Bellemare Gate pic.twitter.com/IgriaQCZA2
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) December 16, 2022
1 | 2 | 3 | f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE JACKETS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TB LIGHTNING | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Tampa Bay nearly doubled its lead at 9:32 when Daniil Tarasov robbed Nikita Kucherov, who should have scored from the right circle on Tampa’s power play on an open night.
#CBJ Save Tarasov pic.twitter.com/QzWlfgfEAO
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) December 16, 2022
The Jackets nearly leveled the game at 12:49 on the power play when Kirill Marchenko defeated Erik Cernak and drove into the net, but was narrowly denied by Brian Elliott.
Anthony Cirelli nearly doubled the Lightning lead after dancing around Erik Gudbranson on a shot at the net, but was hooked by Tim Berni, who missed his backhand attempt at 13:44.
The Lightning went 1-0 up at the first break along with a 12-6 edge on shots on target.
2nd period
Marchenko leveled the game at 3:10 when he fired a wrist shot from the left circle past Elliott’s other side after receiving a cross-ice feed from Cole Sillinger.
#CBJ Marchenko (2) goal pic.twitter.com/nB0dCWB6SU
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) December 16, 2022
Steven Stamkos had a solid scoring opportunity at 12:48 after a break away from Nick Paul was thwarted by Vladislav Gavrikov and Tarasov but was thwarted by Tarasov’s glove from the left circle.
Scary Tarry strikes again pic.twitter.com/qz2IhuSX98
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 16, 2022
With Tampa Bay on the power play late in the third, Tarasov made saves at 18:25, 18:35, and 18:48 to tie the game.
Teams went into the third half with a tie, with the Lightning holding a 20-17 lead on shots on goal.
3rd period
Johnny Gaudreau had a chance to put the Jackets ahead at 2:29 on a drive into the net but fired a backhand shot from just over the bar.
Brayden Point put the Lightning ahead at 9:02 after Brandon Hagel’s pass to Point deflected off the right wing to Marcus Bjork’s left front door off Tarasov’s pads and Point was there to score.
#GoBolts point target pic.twitter.com/H88QddUUBo
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) December 16, 2022
Hagel extended the Bolts’ lead with a wrist shot from the right slot after the Blue Jackets dropped a giveaway in the neutral zone at 1:36 p.m.
#GoBolts Hail’s Gate pic.twitter.com/27DXcizTWQ
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) December 16, 2022
Hagel scored again, this time without a goal to make it 17:19, driving the nail in the coffin.
The Jackets fell 4-1 and are down 10-17-2 on the season.
statistics
Shots on goal: CBJ 25-29 TB
Play %: CBJ 52-48TB
Power play: CBJ 0/1-0/3 TB
Takeaways: CBJ 13-19 TB
Giveaways: CBJ 8-12TB
Blocked Shots: CBJ 18-17 TB
Match: CBJ 37-23TB
5v5 Stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
Expected Goals (xG): CBJ 1.51-2.29 TB
Opportunities (CF): CBJ 48-46 TB
Shots (SF): CBJ 23-21 TB
Goal Odds (SCF): CBJ 20-30 TB
High Danger Opportunities (HDCF): CBJ 6-14 TB
injury update
Eric Robinson missed today’s game due to illness. No player left today’s game with injuries.
next up
The Blue Jackets travel to Boston to face the Bruins Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on NHL Network, Bally Sports Ohio and 97.1 FM The Fan.
The club returns to Columbus for a Monday night game against the Dallas Stars at 7:00 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio and 97.1 FM The Fan.
