Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees:
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Jonny Murray
Attendance:
19092
By Field Level Media
Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn each scored twice in three-point showings Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Lightning broke a five-game losing skid with a 5-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.
By scoring twice and setting up one of Killorn's goals, right winger Kucherov stretched his franchise-record home point streak to 22 games -- the longest by a player this season.
Killorn netted goals in the first and second periods and added a helper as the Lightning won for the 12th time in the past 13 regular-season games against Philadelphia.
Ross Colton scored at even strength in Tampa Bay's first win since Feb. 25, while Mikhail Sergachev had two assists. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (29-16-3) stopped 33 shots and is 12-3-0 against Philadelphia.
Philadelphia's Morgan Frost and Brendan Lemieux scored, and goalie Carter Hart (17-20-10) made 34 saves as the club opened a three-game road trip by dropping to 2-7-2 in its past 11 games.
Playing the first of just four road games in March, the Flyers led 1-0 after Joel Farabee fed a cross-ice pass to Frost for his 12th goal just 5:52 into the contest.
But on the game's first power play, the Lightning's second-ranked unit evened it up less than two minutes later. Kucherov faked a shot and put a pass into the slot that Killorn tapped in. In 12 of their past 13 home games, the Lightning have notched at least one power-play goal.
During a man advantage that carried over from the end of the first period, Kucherov put one in the net himself, firing home a tally just 34 seconds into the frame.
Tanner Jeannot later sent a pass that Colton jammed in from the edge of Hart's blue paint for a 3-1 lead. The goal at 8:46 was Colton's 15th of the year.
Hart hurt himself on the Lightning's fourth goal. The goalie tripped and fell into the boards behind his net retrieving a puck, and Killorn potted his 19th at 10:49 for his fourth goal in three games.
But from long range just 1:51 later, defenseman Cam York sent a long shot that Lemieux clipped in for his first goal with his new team.
Kucherov's 25th tally, a power-play one, rounded out the scoring in the third.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Philadelphia |
|
Tampa Bay |
Morgan Frost 1 |
Points |
Alex Killorn 3 |
Morgan Frost 1 |
Goals |
Alex Killorn 2 |
Joel Farabee 1 |
Assists |
Mikhail Sergachev 2 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Nikita Kucherov 2 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Carter Hart .872 |
Save Percentage |
Andrei Vasilevskiy .943 |
Carter Hart 34 |
Saves |
Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Philadelphia
|
35 |
2 |
0-3 |
3-6 |
23 |
21 |
Tampa Bay
|
39 |
5 |
3-6 |
3-3 |
6 |
35 |
Upcoming Games
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Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Vegas. The Lightning have a W/L % of .605 after a win and .577 after a loss.
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Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Carolina. The Flyers have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .400 after a loss.