We’ve often heard Coach Jon Cooper bemoan the fact that it’s hard to win in this league when a team doesn’t play an entire 60 minutes of hockey. It’s hard, but not impossible. The Tampa Bay Lightning were on the wrong side of play for much of the night, but a three-goal in 1:45 of ice time outburst, coupled with a 39-save performance by Andrei Vasilevskiy led them to a 5-1 victory against the New York Rangers.
Brayden Point had two power play goals and three points while Nikita Kucherov moved back into a tie with Nathan MacKinnon at the top of the points race with three points of his own.