Overview
- The game was tied 2-2 after two periods before Nikita Kucherov put Tampa Bay ahead 2:48 into the third, Mitch Marner equalized, and Brandon Hagel restored the lead 35 seconds later for good.
- Kucherov scored twice and assisted on a late empty-netter, while Hagel added two goals and an assist; Gage Goncalves and Dominic James netted the Lightning’s second-period goals.
- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves for Tampa Bay as Carl Lindbom stopped 21 shots for Vegas.
- Ivan Barbashev led the Golden Knights with two goals and an assist, and Marner produced a goal and two assists on a reworked top line with Jack Eichel.
- This matchup finished the teams’ two-game set during Vegas’ six-game homestand; the Lightning host Washington on Saturday and the Golden Knights host Anaheim the same night.