Tampa Bay 4, Florida 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees:
Paul Devorski, Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot
Attendance:
18729
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Lightning 4, Panthers 3: Ryan Callahan scored his 22nd goal of the season with 2:28 left in the third period to snap a tie as host Tampa Bay rallied for its fourth straight victory.
Callahan added an assist while Brenden Morrow, Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov also tallied for the Lightning, who won their league-high 30th game on home ice. Rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 33 shots - including all 14 he faced in the third period - for his seventh victory as Tampa Bay climbed within one point of first-place Montreal in the Atlantic Division.
Jussi Jokinen, Brandon Pirri and Jonathan Huberdeau scored in 1:58 span during the second period as the Panthers carried a 3-2 lead into the third. Roberto Luongo made 21 saves for Florida, which remained five points behind Ottawa for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Panthers moved ahead at 8:14 of the middle period, when Huberdeau tracked down the rebound of his own shot and scored into a vacant net. Kucherov tied the game 90 seconds into the third on a wraparound and Callahan walked out from behind the net before whipping a shot past Luongo’s glove for the winner.
Morrow banked a shot in off Luongo’s skate 5:49 into the game and Johnson scored from the slot 1:58 later after receiving a nifty backhand pass by Callahan to double the lead. Jokinen halved the deficit from the right faceoff dot 6:16 into the second session and Pirri tied it 18 seconds later with a low shot through a screen from above the right circle.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Lightning improved to 3-18-2 when trailing after two periods. … Tampa Bay LW Ondrej Palat recorded an assist on Kucherov’s goal, giving him five points in his last three games. … Huberdeau has collected two goals and three assists in three meetings with the Lightning this season. … Florida C Nick Bjugstad, who began the day tied with Huberdeau for the team lead in scoring with 43 points, missed the game due to a lower-body injury.
Top Game Performances
| Florida |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 |
Points |
Ryan Callahan 2 |
|
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 |
Goals |
Ryan Callahan 1 |
|
Aleksander Barkov 1 |
Assists |
Ryan Callahan 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Roberto Luongo .840 |
Save Percentage |
Andrei Vasilevskiy .917 |
|
Roberto Luongo 21 |
Saves |
Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Florida
|
36 |
3 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
23 |
| Tampa Bay
|
25 |
4 |
0-0 |
2-2 |
4 |
30 |
Upcoming Games
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Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Nashville. The Lightning have a W/L % of .565 after a win and .714 after a loss.
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Florida will play their next game on the road against Toronto. The Panthers have a W/L % of .364 after a win and .525 after a loss.
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