Stamkos has 2 goals, assist; Lightning beat Blue Jackets 5-2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Steven Stamkos had two power-play goals and an assist during the second period and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Saturday night.
Mike Blunden, Nikita Nesterov and Jason Garrison also scored for the Lightning, and Jonathan Marchessault extended his point streak to six games with two assists. Tampa Bay is 2-1 halfway through a six-game homestand.
Tampa Bay was 3 for 8 on the power play after going 1 for 10 in a 2-1 loss Tuesday night to the Vancouver Canucks.
Columbus got goals from Rene Bourque and Scott Hartnell.
Ben Bishop made 30 saves for Tampa Bay.
Stamkos had a pair of 5-on-3 goals from low in the left circle in the second to help Tampa Bay take a 3-2 lead.
After Stamkos scored while falling forward at 6:21, the Lightning captain was then left alone for his second goal 32 seconds later.
The two-man advantages' came when Columbus received three minor penalties -- Dalton Prout (cross checking), Gregory Campbell (face-off violation) and Jack Johnson (delay of game) -- during a 3-second span.
Tampa Bay went ahead 4-2 on Nesterov's goal at 14:17 of the second during a 3-minute power play that came after Hartnell got a 5-minute charging penalty and a game misconduct for hitting Bishop behind the net.
Rookie goalie Joonas Korpisalo was replaced to start the third period by Curtis McElhinney after stopping 14 of 18 shots. McElhinney allowed Garrison's first goal in 35 games.
Hartnell gave Columbus a 2-1 lead at 3:07 of the second.
