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Recap - Islanders Defeat Tampa Bay 3-2

The Lightning came up short Saturday against the Islanders, falling 3-2.

New York won as a +113 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played PUSH the total of 5.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

New York got goals from Matt Martin, Mathew Barzal, and Josh Bailey in the victory. Bailey opened the scoring at 5:30 of the second period.

Semyon Varlamov stopped 28 of 30 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.

Tampa Bay got goals from Tyler Johnson, and Brayden Point in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of 30 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

New York scored 0 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 30-30.