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Recap - Lightning Defeat Carolina 3-1

The Lightning beat Carolina 3-1 on Sunday, earning a victory backstopped by Andrei Vasilevskiy's 28 saves.

Tampa Bay was an underdog by +113 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Mitchell Stephens, Brayden Point, and Steven Stamkos each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Stephens opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 29 Carolina shots in the victory.

Andrei Svechnikov scored for the Hurricanes, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Carolina got a 23-stop effort from Petr Mrazek in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-2, while the Hurricanes were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Carolina outshot Tampa Bay 29-26 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Vancouver looking for another win. For Carolina, they head home to face Philadelphia.