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Lightning ride hot start to big win.
TB-5
COL-2
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 35 shots for the victory. He got the early goal support and made sure it’d stick.
First Period
1:01 TB Kucherov (9), (Point, Hedman)
3:36 TB Guentzel (3), (Kucherov, McDonagh)
5:32 TB Geekie (2), (Cirelli, Hagel)
14:56 COL Ivan (2), (Makar, MacKinnon)(PP)
Second Period
6:28 TB Guentzel (4), (Point, Kucherov)
Third Period
10:57 COL Makar (4), (Rantanen, MacKinnon)
18:40 TB Cirelli (2), (Hagel)(EN)
Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel were the game’s first and second stars.
The Lightning really ambushed Colorado, who were not expecting a fast puck hounding team at evens. Things went south a bit after the Avs power play goal late in the Third Period, but by then the damage was done. Tampa Bay sits at 14 points through 10 games meaning they have a couple of insurance points in hand relative to comfortable playoff pace.
Conor Geekie had a goal and was +1 with 2 shots and 1 hit in 10:54.
Mitchell Chaffee played 15:26.
Emil Lilleberg was -1 with 4 penalty minutes and 1 hit in 13:05.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
