Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 to Columbus Blue Jackets 3, on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLSaturday, October 18, 2025
DateOct 18, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance15,822
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
1-3-2Record2-3-0
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Metropolitan Division
5-6Road record / home record6-5
WWLWWLast 5LLLWW
W2StreakL3
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningColumbus Blue Jackets
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Anthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutErik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:40 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 7:32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:06 | 2:08 | 2:18 | 18:40 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:05 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 4:58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jack Finley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:14 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 7:05 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:49 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 12:41 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 11:51 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 9:36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 15:55 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 | 2:42 | 1:40 | 16:24 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 23:06 | 1:21 | 2:20 | 19:25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 13:41 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 20:09 | 2:56 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:58 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 14:26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:23 | 3:00 | 1:28 | 19:55 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 14:33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:55 | 0:16 | 2:29 | 17:10 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 19:59 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 | 1:16 | 0:03 | 17:37 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 57:57 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 7:55 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:47 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 | 1:40 | 1:20 | 15:34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 52.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 13:03 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Boone Jenner | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 16:26 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:51 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 11:49 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:26 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 8:53 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 15:13 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:17 | 2:01 | 1:04 | 16:12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 2:30 | 13:08 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Cole Sillinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 15:32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 12:41 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fabbro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 | 0:00 | 2:48 | 14:03 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 | 0:04 | 1:27 | 19:51 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24:48 | 1:57 | 2:49 | 20:02 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 17:49 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:02 | 2:14 | 1:27 | 21:21 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .917 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 59:53 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 3-2, on Saturday, October 18, 2025.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Anthony Cirelli (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Damon Severson (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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