nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Vegas 2-1 - Recap
The Lightning beat Vegas 2-1 on Sunday, earning a victory backstopped by Andrei Vasilevskiy's 18 saves.
Tampa Bay was favored by -138 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brandon Hagel, and Nikita Kucherov in the victory. Hagel opened the scoring at 4:53 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 18-save effort for the Lightning.
Vegas got a goal from William Karlsson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Carl Lindbom stopped 26 of 28 shots for the Golden Knights, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-5, while the Golden Knights were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Vegas lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 28-19.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act on the road to face Nashville looking for another win. For Vegas, they head on the road to face Carolina.