nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils Wrap - Tampa Bay Wins 3-1
Nikita Kucherov was the difference, potting a pair for Tampa Bay on Wednesday as the Lightning skated off with a 3-1 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center.
Tampa Bay was favored by -138 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Nikita Kucherov(2), and J.T. Miller in the victory. Miller opened the scoring at 11:30 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 27-save effort for the Lightning.
Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Cory Schneider stopped 34 of 36 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-5, while the Devils were 1-for-6 with the man advantage.
New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 37-28.