The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Tuesday evening. Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Corey Perry, and Mikhail Sergachev scored for the Lightning. Tyler Ennis and Zach Sanford scored for the Senators. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 27 shots; Matt Murray stopped 17 of 22.
For roughly seven minutes, the Tampa Bay Lightning looked lethargic. Uncharacteristically sloppy, out of sync, slow, and facing a two-goal deficit to one of the worst teams in the league. The deficit was their own fault; an inability to properly box Ennis out of a shooting lane led to a deflected puck beating Vasilevskiy.