‘Mental toughness’ was Columbus Blue Jackets’ edge in a stunning upset sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning Globe_Sports
Columbus Blue Jackets' Matt Duchene celebrates the team's win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, Tuesday, April 16.The Columbus Blue Jackets were clinging to a 4-3 lead and the Tampa Bay Lightning’s high-scoring stars were swarming around Sergei Bobrovsky, as the clock ticked down in what would be a history-making playoff game.
As the seconds ticked off what had turned into a rout because of empty-net goals, the Nationwide Arena crowd that had been standing for the entire third period roared even louder, and the players celebrated wildly, spilling from the bench onto the ice. Winger Cam Atkinson even got a cut on his chin during the joyous melee.
Twelve Blue Jackets scored in the series, but Bobrovsky, who had struggled in three previous playoff series with Columbus, was the star . Nineteen-year-old Alexandre Texier, who was playing in the Finnish league last month, opened the scoring for Columbus Tuesday with his first NHL goal, then added one of the empty-netters.
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