TAMPA, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday night for their third straight win.
Boone Jenner, David Savard and Jack Skille scored for the Blue Jackets. Bobrovsky lost his shutout bid with 1:13 left in the third on Ondrej Palat's goal. The Columbus goalie was coming off a career- and franchise-best 52 saves in Thursday's 4-3 shootout win over Florida.
The Eastern Conference-leading Lightning had their five-game home winning streak end and fell to 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
Bobrovsky had 14 saves in the first period, including an in-close chance by Brenden Morrow. Bobrovsky also stopped excellent scoring chances by Brian Boyle, Palat and Steven Stamkos during the second.
Jenner opened the scoring 2:37 into the game from the top of the left circle and has a goal in three straight games.
Savard made it 2-0 on his first goal in nine games during a power play with 7:12 left in the first.
Ben Bishop kept the Lightning within two late in the first when he stopped Brian Gibbons' breakaway shot.
The Blue Jackets took a 3-0 lead at 4:51 of the third when Skille scored 9 seconds after serving a minor penalty.
Columbus entered being outscored 36-15 in the third period this season.
NOTES: Tampa Bay won the other game between the teams this season, 7-4 on Nov. 8. ... This was just the third time this season that Tampa Bay has trailed after the first period. ... Blue Jackets LW Matt Calvert got his first assist in 13 games by setting up Jenner's goal. ... Lightning C Tyler Johnson had his five-game point streak end.
