The Tampa Bay Lightning earned a well-deserved 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames in Nikita Kucherov’s return to the lineup, and Blake Coleman’s return to Tampa Bay. Kuch scored two primary assists in the win, setting up his two familier linemates, Brayden Point and Ondu0159ej Palat, for goals. Corey Perry got the icebreaker and Alex Killorn shut the game down with the fourth. Ryan McDonagh was quietly dominant on defense with partner Erik Cernak, but was rewarded with two assists as well.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 of 27 shots behind a dominant effort by the Lightning in front of him.