nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices New York 2-1 - Recap
The Lightning beat New York 2-1 on Thursday, earning a victory backstopped by Andrei Vasilevskiy's 27 saves.
Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as -133 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 5.0.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point, and Yanni Gourde in the victory. Gourde opened the scoring at 10:05 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 27-save effort for the Lightning.
Cal Clutterbuck scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 of 25 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-1, while the Islanders were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
New York outshot Tampa Bay 28-25 in the game.