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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 2
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees: Francis Charron, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Lazarowich
Attendance: 18910

Lightning 4, Canucks 2: Linemates Alex Killorn and Valtteri Filppula each recorded a goal and an assist as Tampa Bay started a four-game road trip by defeating Vancouver.

Rookies Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov also tallied for the Lightning, who scored three times in the final 4:33 of the second period to seize the lead. Ben Bishop turned aside 28 shots to gain at least a point in his ninth consecutive outing (7-0-2) and win his 21st game, tied for second in the league.

Zac Dalpe and Brad Richardson each scored a goal for Vancouver, which gave up only its third power-play goal in the last 14 games. Eddie Lack made 29 saves for the Canucks, starting in place of injured Roberto Luongo for the fifth straight game.

Richardson started a wild second period by beating Bishop from the left faceoff circle after a feed from Chris Higgins at 11:25. Filppula evened the score on a screen shot from the top of the left circle at 15:27 and Johnson converted on a two-on-one with Ondrej Palat 20 seconds later.

Dalpe swept in a pass from Dale Weise only 14 seconds after Johnson’s goal for his first of the season to forge a tie. But Kucherov’s blast from the right faceoff circle on the power play got by Lack with 2.6 seconds left in the second and Killorn’s deflection 7:28 into the third made it 4-2.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Vancouver C Ryan Kesler was selected Wednesday to Team USA for the Olympics next month in Russia. … Filppula registered his fifth multi-point effort in the last seven games. … Tampa Bay LW Ryan Malone returned to the lineup after missing the last 16 games with a foot injury and D Eric Brewer was also back after sitting out the previous three with an upper-body injury.
Top Game Performances
 
Tampa Bay   Vancouver
Valtteri Filppula 2 Points Zac Dalpe 1
Valtteri Filppula 1 Goals Zac Dalpe 1
Valtteri Filppula 1 Assists Chris Higgins 1
Nikita Kucherov 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Ben Bishop .933 Save Percentage Eddie Lack .879
Ben Bishop 28 Saves Eddie Lack 29
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Tampa Bay 33 4 1-3 2-2 4 28
Vancouver 30 2 0-2 2-3 6 35
Upcoming Games
  • Vancouver will play their next game on the road against Los Angeles. The Canucks have a W/L % of .583 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Calgary. The Lightning have a W/L % of .609 after a win and .588 after a loss.