Nikita Kucherov scored with less than a minute to play in the game as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the San Jose Sharks, 4-3 in an early afternoon tilt on Saturday. Victor Hedman, Ross Colton, and Alex Killorn also tallied for the Lightning as they finished their West Coast trip with a 2-1 record and moved over .500 for the first time this season. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves on 27 shots.
First Period
Well, now. That was one way to start things off. Brayden Point carried it through all three zones, Kucherov drove the net to clear the slot and Hedman, as the trailer, flipped a shot past James Reimer.