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Lightning vs Predators Final: 3-2 - Recap

The Lightning beat Nashville 3-2 on Saturday, earning a victory backstopped by Andrei Vasilevskiy's 30 saves.

Tampa Bay won as a -133 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Tampa Bay got goals from Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, and Steven Stamkos in the victory. Kucherov opened the scoring at 4:25 of the second period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 30-save effort for the Lightning.

Nashville got goals from Nino Niederreiter, and Filip Forsberg in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Juuse Saros stopped 36 of 39 shots for the Predators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Tampa Bay scored 2 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Nashville went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Nashville 39-32 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Boston looking for another win. For Nashville, they head home to face Arizona.