nhl Game Recap
Lightning Down Dallas 5-2 - Match Report
The Lightning earned a 5-2 victory over the Stars on Wednesday at Rogers Place.
Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as -162 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 5.0.
Tampa Bay got goals from Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Ondrej Palat, and Brayden Point in the victory. Kucherov opened the scoring at 5:33 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 22-save effort for the Lightning.
Dallas got goals from Jason Dickinson, and Miro Heiskanen in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Dallas got a 24-stop effort from Anton Khudobin in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Dallas went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay outshot Dallas 32-24 in the game.