With a chance to leapfrog the Florida Panthers in the standings, the Tampa Bay Lightning fell behind early and were unable to bridge the gap before losing 3-2 on Wednesday night. With that, their three-game winning streak comes to an end. Nikita Kucherov recorded his 300th career goal while Mikey Eyssimont scored in the third to bring the game within a goal, but Sergei Bobrovsky, as he did for most of the night, stoned the Bolts the rest of the way. He finished the night with 27 saves on 29 shots while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 31.
Aaron Ekblad started the scoring in the first as he flicked a shot through traffic that eluded Vasilevskiy.