nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Skates Past Philadelphia 5-3 - Recap
The Flyers came up short Saturday against the Lightning, falling 5-3.
Tampa Bay won as a -181 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.
Tampa Bay got goals from Alex Killorn, Cedric Paquette, Carter Verhaeghe, Nikita Kucherov, and Brayden Point in the victory. Killorn opened the scoring at 3:17 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 30-save effort for the Lightning.
Philadelphia got goals from James van Riemsdyk, Claude Giroux, and Ivan Provorov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Philadelphia got a 19-stop effort from Carter Hart in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 0 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Philadelphia went 2-for-5 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 33-24.
Tampa Bay looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Avalanche. The Flyers will aim to get back on the winning track vs. Columbus.