In an entertaining game, Jake Guentzel’s conversion in the skills competition proved to be the difference as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout. With a lot of open ice, both teams were eager to create offense as the teams combined for 74 scoring chances. Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up the victory in his 501st start as stopped 34 shots. Lukas Dostal was equal to the task with 32 saves, including 10 short-handed, as the Lightning went 2-for-5 on the power play.
Speaking of short-handed, the Bolts played the majority of the game without defenseman Erik Cernak, who took an awkward spill into the boards early in the first period.