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
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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
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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.
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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.