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New York Falls 8-2 to Lightning - Recap

Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Yanni Gourde as the Lightning skated to a 8-2 victory over New York on Monday at Rogers Place.

Tampa Bay won as a -148 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Yanni Gourde(2), Brayden Point(2), Ryan McDonagh, Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, and Victor Hedman each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Point opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 24 New York shots in the victory.

Nick Leddy, and Jordan Eberle scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Thomas Greiss stopped 6 of 9 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Tampa Bay scored 3 times on 6 chances on the power play, while New York went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot New York 34-24 in the game.