The Central Division battle for first place continues to heat up. Tampa’s second straight win over Carolina has them in a tie for second place, with each team just one point behind first place Florida.
NHL Scores: Lightning shutout Hurricanes move into tie for second
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 25 shots hurled his way for a 3-0 Lightning (12-4-1) win over the Hurricanes (12-5-1). Ross Colton made his NHL debut and scored the first goal of the game, that’s wall Vasilevskiy would need to lead them to victory.
“It was a great effort from our guys.