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Tampa Bay Ices Colorado 4-3 - Recap

The Lightning earned a 4-3 victory over the Avalanche on Monday at Pepsi Center.

Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as -106 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.0.

Tampa Bay got goals from Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, and Cameron Gaunce in the victory. Killorn opened the scoring at 4:54 of the second period.

Curtis McElhinney turned in a 24-save effort for the Lightning.

Colorado got goals from Andre Burakovsky, Valeri Nichushkin, and Nathan MacKinnon in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Pavel Francouz stopped 23 of 27 shots for the Avalanche, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-1, while the Avalanche were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Colorado outshot Tampa Bay 27-27 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act on the road to face Vegas looking for another win. For Colorado, they head home to face New York.