National Hockey League
Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, April 19, 2021
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 3800

Tampa Bay's Yanni Gourde put in his own rebound 2:50 into overtime in the Lightning's 3-2 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.

Gourde took a pass from Alex Killorn and put an open shot from the slot that Carolina goalie Petr Mrazek saved, but the puck stayed in the blue paint.

The center then won it by collecting the puck and pushing in his fifth career overtime winner and first this season after the Lightning wasted a 2-0 lead.

Killorn had a goal, and Brayden Point found the net for Tampa Bay, which moved to 4-2-1 against the Hurricanes.

Andrei Vasilevskiy (27-7-1) stopped 25 of 27 shots, including a point-blank chance by Jordan Staal 18 seconds into overtime for his NHL-best win total.

Andrei Svechnikov scored a power-play goal, Brady Skjei tallied and Mrazek (5-1-2) made 33 saves for Carolina.

The two teams will play the second of their back-to-back set Tuesday.

Carolina put forth great pressure on its first power play after Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak went off for roughing Carolina center Sebastian Aho at 10:06 of the first.

However, the Lightning killed the man advantage, and their second line of Killorn, Tyler Johnson and Anthony Cirelli came through for them.

Mired in a four-game pointless streak, Johnson grabbed a puck from Cirelli near the neutral zone boards and found Killorn streaking near the blue line.

The left winger raced in one-on-one against Mrazek, showed forehand and flipped in a backhander at 14:42 for his 12th tally.

The goal was just Killorn's second in his last 12 games and only his fourth point in that span.

Early in the second, Tampa Bay took a two-goal advantage at 2:08 on its first power play after Carolina's Vincent Trocheck held Cirelli.

Parked in front of Mrazek, Point used a clever redirection of Ondrej Palat's shot 42 seconds into the man advantage to make it a 2-0 game.

But nearly eight minutes later and with Cernak off a second time for interference on Jesper Fast, Svechnikov ripped his 13th goal from the left circle just 10 seconds into Carolina's second power play to cut the disadvantage to 2-1.

Just 68 seconds into the third, Skjei secured a loose puck off the boards in the offensive end and buried his second goal of the season from the left circle to bring the Hurricanes back to a 2-2 tie.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Carolina   Tampa Bay
Brady Skjei 1 Points Alex Killorn 2
Brady Skjei 1 Goals Alex Killorn 1
Dougie Hamilton 1 Assists Alex Killorn 1
Andrei Svechnikov 1 Power Play Goals Brayden Point 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Petr Mrazek .917 Save Percentage Andrei Vasilevskiy .926
Petr Mrazek 33 Saves Andrei Vasilevskiy 25
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Carolina 27 2 1-3 1-2 11 36
Tampa Bay 36 3 1-2 2-3 13 33
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Carolina. The Lightning have a W/L % of .655 after a win and .667 after a loss.
  • Carolina will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Hurricanes have a W/L % of .655 after a win and .643 after a loss.