The meeting, held in Columbus, ended with a score of 5: 2 in favor of the ice hosts.

The Blue Jackets' victory was brought by the goals of Nick Foligno, Mikhail Grigorenko, Vladislav Gavrikov, Zach Verensky and Eric Robinson.

These are the first goals for Gavrikov and Grigorenko this season.

Tampa responded with goals from Victor Hedman and Ondřej Palata.

Mikhail Sergachev and Alexey Volkov did not score points, and Andrei Vasilevsky, who played the entire match, reflected 22 of 26 shots at his goal.

Earlier it was reported that "Washington" without the Russians in the shootout defeated "Buffalo" in the NHL.