Sunday, 4 a.m.
Perhaps the odds said that a game like this was waiting. A game where the defense didn't show up, where too many passes didn't connect. A game where a two-goal comeback was wasted.
The hot streak of the Tampa Bay Lightning -- a 15-game point streak -- blew up in the faces of the Bolts Saturday night. The Columbus Blue Jackets tatooed the Lightning, 8-5, at Nationwide Arena.
The Bolts fell behind 4-2 after one period, but came back in the second to tie on goals by Nikita Kucherov and Anthony Cirelli in 1:27.
Still, the Bolts weren't able to seize advantage of the game. Columbus, in seventh place in rhetorical Metropolitan Division scored four of the next five goals to win going away. Mason Marchmant had a hat trick, the last coming on an empty netter with 25 seconds to play.
Also scoring for the Bolts were two goals by Jake Guentzel and Darrren Raddysh. Kucherov had a four-point night for Tampa Bay.
Goaltender Jonas Johansson gave up six goals on 30 shots.
The Bolts are home against Utah on 7 pm. at Benchmark International Arena