Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders

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Tampa Bay Lightning

44-25-5

Final
4 - 1

New York Islanders

32-32-10

Guentzel, Vasilevskiy help Lightning beat Islanders 4-1 for 4th straight win

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Islanders: Game Highlights

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his 20th of the season, Victor Hedman also scored and Nick Paul added an empty-netter for the Lightning. Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point each added two assists.

Bo Horvat scored a short-handed goal for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves as the Islanders lost their sixth straight (0-4-2), further diminishing their slim playoff hopes.

Guentzel scored the tiebreaking goal at 8:09 of the second period. Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech inexplicably left Guentzel alone and Kucherov delivered a beautiful pass to set up the go-ahead goal.

Hedman made it 3-1 about 2 1/2 minutes later, and Paul capped the scoring into an empty net with 3 1/2 minutes left in the third.

Takeaways Lightning: Vasilevskiy recorded his 36th win of the regular season, trailing only Connor Hellebuyck of NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets.

Islanders: Sorokin started four of the Islanders previous six losses, allowing 14 goals during that stretch.

Key Moment Horvat missed a one-timer during an Islanders two-man advantage roughly five minutes into the second period while the game was even at 1-1. Tampa Bay then scored twice in the period to take a 3-1 lead.

Key stat Kucherov’s two assists raised his season total to 111 points and reclaimed the NHL scoring lead. Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon is in second place with 110.

Up next Lightning visit Ottawa on Thursday, and Islanders host Minnesota on Friday.

Regular Season Series

TB wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:46	Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (20) Tip-In, assists: Darren Raddysh (30), Brayden Point (36)
Goal	1st Period 10:57	Bo Horvat Goal (25) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan Pulock (16)
Goal	2nd Period 8:09	Jake Guentzel Goal (38) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (77), Brayden Point (37)
Goal	2nd Period 10:41	Victor Hedman Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (78), Jake Guentzel (36)
Goal	3rd Period 16:29	Nick Paul Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (27), Erik Cernak (18)

Statistics

TB		NYI
21	Blocked Shots	13
14	Hits	25
1	Takeaways	1
24	Shots	29
0	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	1
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	29
44.2	Faceoff Win Percent	55.8
13	Giveaways	16
6	Total Penalties	6
15	Penalty Minutes	15