FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 1, 2020

FOX SPORTS OHIO TO AIR REPLAY OF BLUE JACKETS-LIGHTNING 2019 PLAYOFF SERIES Fans can relive Columbus’s historic upset of Presidents’ Trophy-winning Tampa Bay beginning April 8

COLUMBUS, OHIO – FOX Sports Ohio is replaying the historic 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series between the and beginning on Wednesday, April 8, the club and network announced today. The series, which was the first in which a Presidents’ Trophy winner was swept in the first round, will air on FOX Sports Ohio and stream live on the FOX Sports GO app.

The matchup featured the eighth-seeded Blue Jackets taking on the heavily-favored and top-seeded Lightning in a best- of-seven first round series. The Blue Jackets went 7-1-0 in their final eight games to earn their third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 47-31-4 record (98 pts.), while the Lightning cruised to the Atlantic Division title and the NHL’s best record with a 62-16-4 mark (128 pts.), tying the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings for the most wins in a season in history. Tampa Bay also had beaten Columbus in six-straight regular season meetings, including all three during the 2018-10 campaign by a combined score of 17 to 3.

Below is the replay schedule:

Wednesday, April 8 – 8 p.m. ET (replay on April 9, 12 p.m. ET) Game 1, Apr. 10, 2019 – Columbus 4, at Tampa Bay 3 The Blue Jackets, who trailed 3-0 after the first 20 minutes, score three 3rd period goals and win it on a Seth Jones goal with 5:55 remaining.

Thursday, April 9 – 8 p.m. ET (replay on April 10, 12 p.m. ET) Game 2, Apr. 12, 2019 – Columbus 5, at Tampa Bay 1 Five different Jackets score goals and Sergei Bobrovsky makes 23 saves as Columbus wins both games at Amalie Arena.

Friday, April 10 – 8 p.m. ET (replay on April 11, 12 p.m. ET) Game 3, Apr. 14, 2019 – at Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 1 Sergei Bobrovsky outduels Andrei Vasilevskiy and Cam Atkinson’s empty net goal seals it as Jackets take 3-0 series lead.

Saturday, April 11 – 8 p.m. ET Game 4, Apr. 16, 2019 – at Columbus 7, Tampa Bay 3 Lightning erase a 3-1 deficit before Oliver Bjorkstrand scores the eventual game-winner late in the 2nd period and the Blue Jackets add three empty net goals late to earn their first-ever playoff series win.

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Contacts: Todd Sharrock, CBJ Vice President of Communications & Team Services – 614/246‐4157 or [email protected] Glenn Odebralski, CBJ Manager of Communications – 614/246‐0288 or [email protected] Kate Zelasko, FSO Communications & Social Media Director – 216/415-3330 or [email protected]