The 121st Bluebonnet Battle didn’t end with a whistle — it ended with a sigh, a lightning flash, and a region-wide chorus of “are you kidding me?” After two weather delays, three near-comebacks, and one broadcast blackout that left Central and North Texas screaming at their TVs,

The Blue Jackets had the offense from there, tying the score with the lone goal of the second period and taking the win on Kirill Marchenko’s third-period goal. Ryan McDonagh and Anthony Cirelli scored for Tampa Bay, while goalie Jonas Johansson finished with 28 saves for the Lightning.

Jakob Chychrun scored 1:19 into overtime and the Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 for their third straight win.

Zach Werenski has 20 points in 24 career games against the Lightning. Boone Jenner has 12 points in 28 games vs. Tampa Bay. Sean Monahan has 15 points in 19 games against the Bolts.

Detroit Red Wings rookie Axel Sandin-Pellikka scored his first career goal on Friday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Pontus Holmberg put Tampa Bay up by three goals late in the second period and the Lightning held on to beat the Boston Bruins 4-3.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that star winger Nikita Kucherov will be held out of Friday night’s game due to an illness. Kucherov has three points, one penalty, and a minus-eight through four games this season.

It's an extremely small sample size, but the Lightning have just 44.87% of the shot attempt share and 47.43% of the expected goals share at 5-on-5, per Natural Stat Trick, while the Capitals have a Top-5 xGF share at 57.4%.