Lightning defeat Blue Jackets in 5OT in Game 1 of Eastern First Round

Brayden Point scored 10:27 into the fifth overtime to end the fourth-longest game in NHL history and give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Tuesday.

"I've never been in a game that long," Point said. "I don't know how many guys on the other side have ever been in a game that long. Definitely a battle -- physical, mental -- but we came out, though."

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Point scored on a long wrist shot over goalie Joonas Korpisalo to win Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round, which started at 3:09 p.m. ET and lasted 6:13, ending at 9:22 p.m. ET.

"I see a rolling puck come to me and I just throw one on net, I'm not even really aiming," Point said. "I just sling one there and lucky enough it finds a corner."

The teams combined for a Stanley Cup Playoff record 151 shots, including 88 by Tampa Bay, also a playoff record since shots on goal became an official statistic in 1959-60.

"I don't think anybody can understand how hard it is on a player to go through that and still ... be able to make the plays they were making," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "It was remarkable."

Korpisalo made 85 saves, 12 more than the previous record for an NHL game.

"You try to go save by save, not thinking too much and grinding through it," he said. "I felt pretty good throughout."

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 61 saves for Tampa Bay, a Lightning record.

"I think it was an unreal performance by both teams, overall, especially the goalkeepers," Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said. "You can't put yourself in their position. They've got to be on focus all the time, and they don't get to sit on the bench for a couple of minutes. They've got to stay sharp the whole time, so very impressed with the way they played. But I was so happy that we got the win there."

Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones played 65:06, an NHL record since time on ice became an official statistic in 1997-98.

"I feel fine," Jones said. "A lot of minutes, obviously, but I thought I stayed with it and tried to stay hydrated through the whole thing and just worked through it. Obviously your legs get tired, but it's mental when you have to find a way to battle through it."

Game 1 of the first round between the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes, which was scheduled to start at 8 p.m. at the arena, had to be rescheduled. It will be played at 11 a.m. in Toronto, the Eastern hub city, on Wednesday.

It was the longest NHL game since May 4, 2000, when Keith Primeau of the Philadelphia Flyers scored at 12:01 of the fifth overtime for a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Second Round.

"An early game, it's kind of tough to get the right meals in you before the game, but guys were staying hydrated and drinking a lot and having something to eat," Hedman said. "So we just kept a positive mindset. We're super proud of our group. We stayed so focused and the attention to details were quite phenomenal throughout the game. We played eight periods. You're going to have some breakdowns, obviously, but I'm super proud of the way we just stuck with it."

The longest NHL game took place on March 26, 1936 and overtime lasted a total of 116:30. Mud Bruneteau of the Detroit Red Wings scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime for a 1-0 win against the Montreal Maroons in the semifinals.

Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella's postgame message to his players was straightforward.

"Get some rest and get ready to play the next game," he said.

Game 2 is in Toronto on Thursday (3 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS, SUN, FS-O). Teams that win Game 1 are 478-219 (68.6 percent) winning a best-of-7 NHL playoff series.

Yanni Gourde got credit for his first goal of this postseason when Tampa Bay tied it 2-2 at 23 seconds into the third period. He jammed at the puck at the left post and it slid under Korpisalo, who knocked it over the goal line with his right pad.

Oliver Bjorkstrand gave the Blue Jackets a 2-1 lead with his first goal of this postseason with 48 seconds left in the second period. His shot from the right wall went in off the crossbar.

Pierre-Luc Dubois made it 1-0 with Columbus' first power-play goal in six postseason games at 2:39 of the first period. The Blue Jackets were 0-for-14 in their five-game Stanley Cup Qualifier series win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Dubois, who scored the Blue Jackets' first postseason hat trick in Game 3 against Toronto, scored his fourth goal when Alexandre Texier's shot went in off his glove after the puck deflected off Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak's stick and then his skate.

Point extended his playoff point streak to four games at 6:27. Nikita Kucherov's shot hit his leg and went between Korpisalo's legs to tie it 1-1.

Columbus became the No. 7 seed in the East and advanced to face No. 2 Tampa Bay by defeating Toronto. The Blue Jackets swept the Lightning in the best-of-7 first round last season.

"We're just going to keep going," Bjorkstrand said. "Now we just have to be ready for the next game, and I know we will be ready. So we've just got to keep going."

NOTE: Kelly Hrudey of the New York Islanders made 73 saves on April 18, 1987 in a 3-2 four-overtime win against the Washington Capitals in the deciding game of the Patrick Division Semifinals.

NHL.com staff writers Tom Gulitti and Mike G. Morreale contributed to this report