nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Vegas 4-3 - Recap
Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Nikita Kucherov as the Lightning skated to a 4-3 victory over Vegas on Thursday at Amalie Arena.
The Lightning were a -148 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Tampa Bay got goals from Nikita Kucherov(2), Brandon Hagel, and J.J. Moser in the victory. Moser opened the scoring at 10:21 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 25 Vegas shots in the victory.
Ivan Barbashev, Brayden McNabb, and Pavel Dorofeyev scored for the Golden Knights, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Adin Hill stopped 21 of 25 shots for the Golden Knights, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-2, while the Golden Knights were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay outshot Vegas 25-25 in the game.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act on the road to face Ottawa looking for another win. For Vegas, they head on the road to face Florida.