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Tampa Bay Skates Past New York 3-1 - Recap

Tampa Bay skated to a 3-1 victory over New York on Saturday in NHL action at Amalie Arena.

Tampa Bay won as a -195 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

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

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 of 18 New York shots in the victory.

New York got a goal from Derick Brassard in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 of 29 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Tampa Bay scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while New York went 1-for-1 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 30-18.

Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Blue Jackets. New York, meanwhile, will have their next action against Washington.