It what can only be described as one of the biggest upsets in Stanley Cup Playoffs history, the Columbus Blue Jackets have completed an astonishing first-round sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tampa Bay tied the NHL record for most wins in a season with 62 and were widely considered to be the favorite to take home Lord Stanley’s prize.
Conversely, the Blue Jackets had never won a playoff series in their existence and had won a total of five playoff games since they entered the league in the 2000-01 season.
Understandably, #HockeyTwitter had an absolute field day.
just a little spring cleaning pic.twitter.com/I5nrQLyDxT
— x-Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 17, 2019
bObRoVsKy Is BaD iN tHe PlAyOfFs
— Andrew Berkshire (@AndrewBerkshire) April 17, 2019
Columbus Blue Jackets that was impressive! 4-0 sweep on the 62 win(tied for NHL all time record) Tampa Bay Lightning. Party hard tonight! pic.twitter.com/SO9snSzVD7
— HandiCashers (@HandiCashers) April 17, 2019
The 62-win, Presidents Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning have been eliminated from the opening round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the hands of they Columbus Blue Jackets.
— Complete Hockey News (@CompleteHkyNews) April 17, 2019
The Tampa Bay Lightning, Presidents’ Trophy winners, most dominant regular season team I’ve seen in years, are swept out of the playoffs.
Congrats to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Simple impressive. #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/KolpljECqz
— Karen Surman (@karen_surman) April 17, 2019
Oilers and Sens had rough seasons. But neither team embarrassed themselves as badly as Tampa Bay just did.
— Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) April 17, 2019
THE BLUE JACKETS SWEEP THE LIGHTNING AND WIN A PLAYOFF SERIES!!! #CBJ pic.twitter.com/JLZc92gQVH
— CBJ Front Line (@CBJFrontLine) April 17, 2019
The Blue Jackets really just swept the Lightning pic.twitter.com/R5amucut0t
— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) April 17, 2019
Tiger won the Masters, Warriors blew a 31 point lead, Blue Jackets swept Lightning, this has already been a great week and it’s only Tuesday
— Baden Fuller (@BadenFuller) April 17, 2019
128 points, and 0 playoff wins.
The Blue Jackets have swept the Lightning pic.twitter.com/zmtBbZwhqB
— Sports = Life (@SportzzTweetzz) April 17, 2019
There was a lot of NHL history made on Tuesday night. For the top-seeded Lightning, none of it was good.
Congrats to the Blue Jackets on their first-ever playoff series win ever. https://t.co/soFiiZbtjx
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) April 17, 2019
Tampa Bay Lightning swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets in a historic upset. Tampa Bay has the best record in NHL history to not record a playoff victory pic.twitter.com/inJrfSoeaq
— JDF Sports (@JDFSports) April 17, 2019
