nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vegas Golden Knights Wrap - Tampa Bay Wins 5-3
Brayden Point was the difference, potting a pair for Tampa Bay on Tuesday as the Lightning skated off with a 5-3 victory over the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
Tampa Bay was an underdog by +113 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(2), Anthony Duclair, Nikita Kucherov, and Anthony Cirelli in the victory. Cirelli opened the scoring at 7:00 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 of 27 Vegas shots in the victory.
Brett Howden, Ben Hutton, and Jonathan Marchessault scored for the Golden Knights, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Vegas got a 16-stop effort from Adin Hill in the loss.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-4, while the Golden Knights were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 27-21.
Tampa Bay looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Sharks. The Golden Knights will aim to get back on the winning track vs. Seattle.