Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 10, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 10, 2026· Benchmark International Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	3	2	5		CBJ	9	13	10	32
TBL	1	1	0	2		TBL	4	8	6	18

: CBJ 52TBL 47
: CBJ 3.51TBL 1.59
PP goals: CBJ 2TBL 0
Hits: CBJ 21TBL 29
Blocks: CBJ 15TBL 8
PIM: CBJ 13TBL 15
: CBJ 44%TBL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 at TBL. Conor Garland (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Coyle, Werenski, Marchment, Marchenko and Fantilli) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:13 together.

Points
Conor Garland had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 11:39.Garland
Points
Sean Monahan had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:53.Monahan
Points
Zach Werenski had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:59.Werenski
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Coyle, Werenski, Marchment, Marchenko and Fantilli) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:13 together.Coyle Werenski Marchment Marchenko Fantilli
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Heinen–Lundeström skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Heinen Lundeström
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Sillinger–Fantilli skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchenko Sillinger Fantilli
New line
New look for TBL: Perry–Bjorkstrand–Geekie skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Bjorkstrand Geekie
Usage
Conor Garland (CBJ) played 11:39, −5:37 down on his 17:16 season average over 70 games.Garland

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · TBL 47 · CBJ 52

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 44% of the game, TBL 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TBL

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TBL skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TBL side.

Matchup matrix

TBL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	TBL
	48	42
	2.81	0.58
	2.56	0.57
	16	2
	4	4
	20	18
	−0.039	+0.039
	44%	27%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Heinen – Lundeström
10:0550% CF
L2Marchenko – Sillinger – Fantilli
8:5345% CF
L3Coyle – Marchment – Olivier
8:4445% CF
L4Monahan – Garland – Johnson
8:2067% CF
D1Provorov – Mateychuk
12:5074% CF
D2Werenski – Fabbro
10:3717% CF
D3Severson – Christiansen
8:5340% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
5:1390% CF
PP2Severson – Monahan – Provorov – Garland – Johnson
1:10
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
3:44
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
1:14
PK1DProvorov – Fabbro
3:44
PK2DSeverson – Mateychuk
1:15

Current CBJ line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Gourde – Girgensons – Holmberg
8:3256% CF
L2Perry – Bjorkstrand – Geekie
6:3735% CF
L3Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel
5:1746% CF
L4Guentzel – Point – Goncalves
4:0429% CF
D1McDonagh – D'Astous
12:2646% CF
D2Moser – Carlile
11:4042% CF
D3Hedman – Santini
7:5644% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point
4:4589% CF
PP2Perry – Cirelli – Hagel – D'Astous – Goncalves
0:36100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
3:11
PK2FGourde – Girgensons
2:13
PK1DMcDonagh – Moser
2:29
PK2DHedman – Carlile
1:13

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	4	2	14:39	—	—	38	69
Isac Lundeström C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	44	89
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	4	1	2	12:32	—	—	42	72
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	19:00	—	—	44	47
Adam Fantilli C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.59	2	0	0	18:39	—	—	67	84
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	7	10:42	—	—	42	40
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	1	0	0	20:36	—	—	39	65
Mason Marchment L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:33	—	—	65	80
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	3	1	0	11:45	—	—	58	69
Sean Monahan C	L4	0	2	2	+1	5	0.57	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	57	96
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	67	96
Conor Garland R	L4	2	0	2	+1	6	0.72	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	65	96
Ivan Provorov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	22:05	—	—	73	87
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	69	81
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	22:59	—	—	32	77
Dante Fabbro D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.38	1	3	0	19:09	—	—	20	73
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	44	92
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	43	78

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	1.59	59:29

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	50	22
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	2	12:32	—	—	50	24
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:14	—	—	56	34
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	14:49	—	—	38	9
Corey Perry R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.38	2	0	0	13:01	—	—	52	22
Conor Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	35	9
Nikita Kucherov R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	42	12
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	60	22
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:02	—	—	63	24
Brayden Point C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	37	16
Jake Guentzel C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	1	2	18:16	—	—	35	9
Gage Goncalves C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	2	11:22	—	—	50	19
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	2	0	0	23:34	—	—	52	18
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	20:21	—	—	45	30
Declan Carlile D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	20:35	—	—	36	7
J.J. Moser D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	5	0	9	18:20	—	—	41	14
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	22:11	—	—	50	12
Steven Santini D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	36	19

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.14	59:51

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Gage Goncalves (TBL) 1st 13:38 · assists Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Deflection · carried in · 55.6 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Gage Goncalves · 1st 13:38 · TBL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: deflection

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Conor Garland · 2nd 6:27 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s

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Ivan Provorov · 2nd 5:57 · CBJ

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kirill Marchenko · 2nd 11:42 · CBJ PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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J.J. Moser · 2nd 16:23 · TBL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.6 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Conor Garland · 3rd 4:00 · CBJ PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 10.9 s

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Dante Fabbro · 3rd 15:28 · CBJ EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 10, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Gage Goncalves · 1st 13:38 · TBL

Conor Garland · 2nd 6:27 · CBJ

Ivan Provorov · 2nd 5:57 · CBJ

Kirill Marchenko · 2nd 11:42 · CBJ PP

J.J. Moser · 2nd 16:23 · TBL

Conor Garland · 3rd 4:00 · CBJ PP

Dante Fabbro · 3rd 15:28 · CBJ EN