The Tampa Bay Lightning made it four wins in a row and leveled their road record for the first time this season as they defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3. Nikita Kucherov had three assists and an empty-net goal as he reclaimed the scoring lead in the NHL. Brayden Point scored twice while Anthony Cirelli and Anthony Duclair also tallied. Steven Stamkos had two assists while Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up his 25th win of the season by stopping 24 of 27 shots.
Tanner Jeannot returned to the line-up and had 7 hits in 10:37 of ice time.
First Period
Heading out on the road against the Stanley Cup champions is always going to be a tough match-up.