TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson and Jason Garrison scored 23 seconds apart midway through the third period and the Lightning beat the Islanders 7-4 on Friday night.
Johnson had a go-ahead rebound goal at 10:09 before Garrison stopped a 26-game goal drought and put the Lightning up 6-4. Garrison also had two assists after going 18 games without a point.
Tampa Bay also got goals from Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Steven Stamkos, Andrej Sustr and Victor Hedman, who had an empty-netter.
The Lightning play host to the Panthers on Saturday night with first place in the Atlantic Division at stake as both teams have 91 points.