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Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils Wrap - Tampa Bay Wins 4-1

Tampa Bay skated to a 4-1 victory over New Jersey on Tuesday in NHL action at Prudential Center.

Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as +130 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 6.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Alex Killorn, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, and Nikita Kucherov in the victory. Cirelli opened the scoring at 16:17 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 22-save effort for the Lightning.

Damon Severson scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

New Jersey got a 26-stop effort from Vitek Vanecek in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-2, while the Devils were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 30-23.