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The return of the Find-a-Ways?
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Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 27 shots for the victory.
First Period
1:14 VGK Marchessault (38), (Theodore, Eichel)
7:00 TB Cirelli (15), (Hagel)(SH)
10:37 TB Duclair (19), (Kucherov)
Second Period
16:52 VGK Howden (6), (Kolesar)
Third Period
4:52 TB Point (37), (Kucherov, Stamkos)(PP)
8:16 VGK Hutton (2), (Kolesar)
12:14 TB Point (38), (Kucherov, Raddysh)
18:51 TB Kucherov (41), (Cernak, Stamkos)(EN)
Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov were the game’s first and second stars.
These haven’t been Picassos, but the Lightning keep running through this gauntlet of teams that are tops in the standings or have championship pedigrees, including on the road, and they keep leaving games with two points. They’re finding ways to manufacture points even as they gel with the new personnel and it feels like the playoffs are something within their grasp now after some precarious moments headed into the deadline.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
