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Conor Garland records another 2-goal outing as Jackets down Lightning ...

On Tuesday, Conor Garland scored two goals for the second consecutive game as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 in Tampa, Fla.
Acquired at the trade deadline, Conor Garland had been scoreless in his previous 24 games with the Vancouver Canucks but scored twice on Monday against Los Angeles to start his streak.
With 15 saves, Elvis Merzlikins made his second assist while Kiril Marchenko scored a power-play goal at 11:42 and Dante Fabbro added an empty-net goal with 4:32 left.
Tampa Bay dropped further into a post-Olympic slump, falling to 2-6 since the Olympic break with one win in seven games, while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 26 saves and Gage Goncalves and J.J. Moser scored.
Provorov's deflected shot at 5:57 and a 30-second scoring burst lead to the Blue Jackets' early advantage before they visit Florida on Thursday.

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Garland sends Jackets past Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. — Conor Garland scored two goals for the second consecutive game and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kiril Marchenko, Dante Fabbro and Ivan Provorov also scored for Columbus, who improved to 15-2-3 in the past 20 games. Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins made 15 saves and registered his second assist of the season. Gage Goncalves and J.J. Moser scored for Tampa Bay, which fell to…

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