However, Columbus clawed its way back and Seth Jones fired the wrist shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy with the man advantage to seal the 4-3 comeback win. The defenseman now has two postseason goals in his career to go along with 10 assists in 18 career games.
Jones’ goal capped off the first comeback of three or more goals against Tampa Bay all season that included goals by Nick Foligno, David Savard and Josh Anderson.
The game kicked off with Alex Killorn’s shorthanded breakaway goal and the Lightning were up 3-0 just 17 minutes and 50 seconds into the game.
Three goals and 17 saves from netminder Sergei Bobrovsky later, the Blue Jackets had the all-important road win and a 1-0 series lead on the Presidents’ Trophy winners.
Game 2 from Tampa Bay gets going at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, April 12.
