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03/20 00:16 CDT Kucherov, Cirelli lead the Lightning past the NHL-worst
Canucks, 6-2
Kucherov, Cirelli lead the Lightning past the NHL-worst Canucks, 6-2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) --- Nikita Kucherov and Anthony Cirelli each
had a goal and two assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the NHL-worst
Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday night.
Kucherov moved into sole possession of second place in the NHL scoring race
with 114 points, one behind Edmonton's Connor McDavid. Tampa Bay is second in
the Atlantic Division, four points behind Buffalo.
Jake Guentzel, Darren Raddysh, Yanni Gourde and Brandon Hagel also scored for
the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves for his NHL-leading 32nd
victory.
Liam Ohgren and Linus Karlsson scored for Vancouver, and Kevin Lankinen stopped
24 shots.
Guentzel opened the scoring late in the first period to become the third
Lightning player to reach 30 goals this season, after Kucherov and Hagel.
After establishing position at the net front, Guentzel tipped a shot from the
top of the zone by Charle-Edouard D'Astous over the glove of the screened
Lankinen.
Less than a minute into the second, Raddysh made it 2-0 with a big one-timer.
Gourde followed with a tip of Raddysh's shot at 4:16, and Kucherov deflected
the puck off the leg off a Canucks defenseman and into the net for his 38th of
the season at 5:31.
Ohgren scored for Vancouver with 7:54 remaining in the second, putting in a low
shot,
In the third, Karlsson batted the puck over Valisevskiy. Twenty-two seconds
later, Cirelli restored the Lightning's three-goal edge, then Hagel capped the
scoring with his 32nd.
Up next Lightning: At Edmonton on Saturday night. Canucks: Host St. Louis on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
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