Tampa Bay 4, Vegas 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 17, 2024
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees:
Francis Charron, Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik, James Tobias
Attendance:
19092
By Field Level Media
Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game with 55 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 win against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night.
Kucherov took a shot from just above the goal line that hit the skate of Vegas defenseman Nicolas Hague and went into the net.
The Lightning had tied the score 3-3 with 2:22 left when Brandon Hagel found an opening coming down the middle off the rush and scored with a wrist shot.
Janis Moser had a goal and two assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves for the Lightning, who improved to 3-0-0.
Brayden McNabb, Pavel Dorofeyev and Ivan Barbashev scored, Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore had two assists apiece and Adin Hill made 21 saves for the Golden Knights.
Both teams scored twice in the opening period.
Vegas took a 1-0 lead at 5:26. The Golden Knights won the puck back on the forecheck, Eichel got the puck out of the corner to Mark Stone in the right circle and he fed McNabb at the left point. McNabb had room to skate into the slot and fire the puck past Vasilevskiy.
Tampa Bay tied it 1-1 at 10:21 when Cameron Atkinson made a long pass off the boards on a rush and it caromed to Moser, who held off Vegas forward Brett Howden before beating Hill.
The Golden Knights moved back in front 2-1 at 15:20 when Dorofeyev scored on a one-timer from the right circle while on a power play.
The Lightning managed to tie it back up with 13 seconds left in the period when Kucherov and Jake Guentzel sprung loose for a two-on-one break and Kucherov finished off Guentzel's feed to tie it 2-2.
Barbashev scored the lone goal of the second period at 1:59 to give Vegas a 3-2 lead.
Theodore carried the puck into the Tampa Bay zone and behind its net. He tried to pass the puck out front to Eichel, but it went off the skates of Moser and teammate Anthony Cirelli and was redirected to a wide-open Barbashev, who swiped the puck between Vasilevskiy's pads and across the goal line.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Vegas |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Jack Eichel 2 |
Points |
Janis Moser 3 |
|
Ivan Barbashev 1 |
Goals |
Nikita Kucherov 2 |
|
Jack Eichel 2 |
Assists |
Janis Moser 2 |
|
Pavel Dorofeyev 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Adin Hill .840 |
Save Percentage |
Andrei Vasilevskiy .880 |
|
Adin Hill 21 |
Saves |
Andrei Vasilevskiy 22 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Vegas
|
25 |
3 |
1-3 |
2-2 |
4 |
26 |
| Tampa Bay
|
25 |
4 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
6 |
20 |
Upcoming Games
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Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Ottawa. The Lightning have a W/L % of 1.000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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Vegas will play their next game on the road against Florida. The Golden Knights have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .500 after a loss.
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