Overview
- Tampa Bay extended its winning streak to seven games to remain atop the Atlantic Division with 53 points through 41 contests.
- Pavol Regenda scored all three goals for San Jose to register a hat trick as the Sharks' three-game win run ended.
- Yaroslav Askarov was replaced in the seventh minute after allowing three goals, finishing with seven saves on ten shots.
- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves on 22 shots to backstop the victory for the Lightning.
- Nikita Kucherov reached 20 goals and 59 points on the season and pushed his scoring streak to seven games.