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Recap - Lightning Defeat New York 2-1

The Lightning earned a 2-1 victory over the Islanders on Thursday at Rogers Place.

Tampa Bay won as a -178 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 5.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Tampa Bay got goals from Anthony Cirelli, and Victor Hedman in the victory. Hedman opened the scoring at 6:28 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 26-save effort for the Lightning.

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

New York got a 46-stop effort from Semyon Varlamov in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-5, while the Islanders were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 48-27.