Columbus Blue Jackets stun Tampa Bay Lightning again, move within one win of sweep Globe_Sports
From left: Sergei Bobrovsky, Zach Werenski and Seth Jones of the Columbus Blue Jackets congratulate each other after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 14, 2019 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.The Columbus Blue Jackets extended their post-season mastery of the Tampa Bay Lightning, beating the NHL’s best team 3-1 on Sunday night and moving to within a game of sweeping the playoff series.
Without their top scorer, the suspended Nikita Kucherov, and injured defenceman Victor Hedman, the Lightning, who finished with a league-best 62 wins, couldn’t find any momentum until late in the final period, and then Bobrovsky rose to the challenge.Columbus has commanded the series since they fell behind 3-0 in the opening period of Game 1, only to rally to win that one 4-3. They pummelled the Lightning 5-1 in Game 2, and solidly outplayed them for all but a few minutes on Sunday.
The Lightning are facing an unexpected quick elimination. Teams have come back from 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series on just four previous occasions. The last time was in 2014, when the Los Angeles Kings dug out of the hole in the opening series against San Jose and eventually won the Stanley Cup.
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