Nikita Kucherov scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 in Tampa on Saturday.
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Tampa Bay erased a two-goal deficit and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.
Nikita Kucherov scored twice for the Lightning, while Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist and Pontus Holmberg also scored. Brayden Point added two assists. Dennis Hildeby made 12 saves as Tampa Bay improved to 5-0 at home.
Guentzel scored the winner at 2:04 of the third period after Charle-Edouard D’Astous slid a pass off the wall to him for a quick snap shot that deflected off the stick of Vancouver’s Liam Ohgren.
For the second consecutive game, the Canucks opened with a 2-0 lead they were unable to hold. Linus Karlsson put Vancouver up 1-0 at 15:32 of the first period, and Elias Pettersson extended the lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal at 4:35 of the second.
Kucherov pulled the Lightning level by scoring twice in a 4:53 span. He scored his first off his own rebound on the power play at 6:30, then scored again when Point pulled a faceoff back to him for a quick shot at 11:23.
Holmberg capped the scoring at 15:57 of the third period, beating Kevin Lankinen through the pads after getting to a loose puck off a faceoff.
Vancouver finished with a 31-save performance from Lankinen. The Canucks were winless on their road trip, finishing 0-4-1, and were 0-6-1 overall during their last seven games.
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