nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Carolina 8-2 - Recap
Tampa Bay got 3 goals from Brayden Point en route to a 8-2 victory over Carolina on Friday at PNC Arena.
Tampa Bay was an underdog by +136 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brayden Point(3), Nikita Kucherov(2), Luke Glendening, Steven Stamkos, and Brandon Hagel in the victory. Stamkos opened the scoring at 1:34 of the second period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 22-save effort for the Lightning.
Carolina got goals from Stefan Noesen, and Michael Bunting in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Carolina got a 6-stop effort from Antti Raanta in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 4 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Carolina went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Carolina outshot Tampa Bay 24-14 in the game.
Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Avalanche. Carolina, meanwhile, will have their next action against Columbus.