nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Dallas 3-0 - Recap
Tampa Bay's defense, led by netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, shut down Dallas 3-0 at Amalie Arena on on Thursday.
The Lightning were a -166 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 5.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Ondrej Palat, Blake Coleman, and Brayden Point in the victory. Palat opened the scoring at 14:41 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 20-save effort for the Lightning.
Dallas got a 25-stop effort from Jake Oettinger in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Dallas went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Dallas lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 28-20.
Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Red Wings. Dallas, meanwhile, will have their next action against Nashville.