Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point (21) celebrates his game-winning goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets during the fifth overtime period of an NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup first-round playoff game in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Marko:
#1 Marko how often do you see a five overtime game like the one the Tampa Bay Lightning played against the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 3-2 win on Tuesday in Toronto?
#2 Braydon Point scored the game winner for Tampa Bay at 90:27 or at 10:27 of the fifth overtime the fourth longest playoff game in NHL history.
#3 Point scored on a long wrist shot that went over the Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo for the win in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Playoffs.
#4 The game started at 3:09 pm Eastern and lasted 6:13 and finished at 9:22pm it was rough on the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes who were waiting for ice time for game one of their series that was postponed after waiting for hours at Scotiabank.
#5 The Bolts had a playoff record of 88 shots and both teams combined for 151 shots another NHL record, Korpisalo’s 85 saves goes into the books for the most saves in a game.
Marko does the NHL Stanley Cup podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

