Marchment’s hat trick powers Blue Jackets previous Lightning

Nikita Kucherov scored and had three assists, Jake Guentzel had two objectives and an help, and Jonas Johansson made 23 saves for the Lightning (32-14-4). Their 14-0-1 streak was the third-longest in crew historical past behind 16 video games in 2018-19 and 18 in 2003-04.

“You can’t overshadow the fact that, in our last 30 points, we got 29 of them and at some point a team’s going to beat you,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper mentioned. “They’ve acquired a great squad over there. They’ve acquired among the best defensemen within the League (Zach Werenski), they usually have been prepared for us.

“This will be an easy one to turn the page and move on to a home stretch here.”

The Lightning, on the second of a back-to-back after defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in a shootout on Friday, misplaced defenseman Erik Cernak to an damage and ahead Gage Goncalves as a consequence of sickness late within the first interval, and defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous left within the third interval.

“We knew we were just going to keep coming, and they played back-to-back and they’re on the second night of that,” Coyle mentioned.

Cole Sillinger made it 1-0 at 5:47 of the primary interval with a wrist shot from the left circle after a impartial zone turnover.

Guentzel tied it 1-1 at 7:48 due to an personal objective. After he dumped the puck, Greaves tried a clearing go however it went into the online off the skate of Columbus ahead Isac Lundestrom.

Marchment regained the one-goal lead 2-1, juking the defender earlier than taking a wrist shot from the slot at 8:37.

Darren Raddysh evened it 2-2 at 10:01 with a power-play objective earlier than Fantilli broke his 17-game objective drought at 18:33 to push it 3-2.

Dmitri Voronkov acquired the poke test on Lightning ahead Yanni Gourde within the Blue Jackets offensive zone, took the puck to the online and acquired a wrist shot off in entrance to make it 4-2 at 19:47.

“That first period, we had too many turnovers,” Lightning ahead Anthony Cirelli mentioned. “That’s a fast, skilled team over there that could capitalize on their chances.”