After a bit of a sluggish start to the game, the Tampa Bay Lightning used four special teams’ goals (two short-handed and two power-play tallies) to put a close game out of reach. Brayden Point had two goals and Nikita Kucherov had three points as the Lightning took down the New York Rangers, 6-2, for their eighth win in the month of December.
A familiar “Vasy’s better” chant rolled through the Amalie Arena stands as Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 42 shots while Igor Shesterkin was chased after allowing 5 goals on 14 shots. In his record-setting 1,083rd game in a Lightning uniform, Victor Hedman posted his 25th assist of the season.