The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Tampa Bay Lightning after the Hurricanes took down the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in overtime.
After scoring one goal in each of its losses, the Lightning return home to host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
Brayden Point scored the game-winner in the final minute to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 win, snapping their four-game losing streak.
Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina. Pytor Kochetkov finished with 31 saves. Nikita Kucherov found Point cutting to ... to snap a shot past Kochetkov on the winning goal. Hurricanes: Defenseman Brent Burns appeared in his 884th ...
While Point’s last-minute goal is what everyone will remember, the Lightning won the game in front of the net in other ways. Their first two goals were scored on rebounds of shots flung on net by Darren Raddysh, who became the quickest Lightning defenseman to 50 career points with two primary assists.
In order to snap their season-long four-game losing streak, the Lightning needed to navigate through a tight-checking, closely contested game against a quality opponent. They did it, thanks to strong defensive work in all three periods and a dazzling play made in the third period’s final minute.
Carolina Hurricanes (24-14-2 ... The Lightning won the previous matchup 4-1. Nikita Kucherov scored three goals in the victory. TOP PERFORMERS: Brayden Point has 23 goals and 22 assists for ...
Tampa Bay's Brayden Point netted a dazzling game-winning goal in the final minute of regulation as the Lightning snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Carolina ... Hurricanes on Tuesday night. Off a fine feed from Nikita ...