The Lightning needed less than 90 seconds in period two before ballooning their lead, as Jake Guentzel redirected a Victor Hedman pass near the blue paint. Tampa Bay’s captain extended the Lightning lead with his windup shot from the left wall that bounced off a Columbus player and beat Merzlikins in the top left corner of the net.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Tampa Bay Lightning NHL game to be played on March 4, 2025 on ESPN.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are one of the highest-scoring teams in the NHL this year, but they’ve also been leaky defensively. To this point, they’ve been able to ‘outscore t

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