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Vegas Ices Tampa Bay 5-3 - Recap
Vegas skated to a 5-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday in NHL action at T-Mobile Arena.
Vegas was an underdog by -104 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Vegas got goals from Alec Martinez, Mark Stone, Paul Stastny, Ryan Reaves, and Max Pacioretty in the victory. Martinez opened the scoring at 18:05 of the first period.
Marc-Andre Fleury turned in a 24-save effort for the Golden Knights.
Tampa Bay got goals from Steven Stamkos(2), and Kevin Shattenkirk in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 33 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Vegas scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 33-27.
Vegas looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Panthers. The Lightning will aim to get back on the winning track at Arizona.