Jake Guentzel scored the lone shootout goal and the host Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 Sunday night in a Stadium Series game played at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ football stadium.
Guentzel, who had two assists, beat goaltender Jeremy Swayman (41 saves) for the go-ahead marker in the top of the third round, and netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy (29 saves) watched as David Pastrnak hit the post on Boston’s third try, giving Tampa Bay its largest comeback victory in franchise history.
Nikita Kucherov scored and had three assists, and Brandon Hagel had a goal and two helpers. Darren Raddysh produced a power-play goal and an assist, and Oliver Bjorkstrand and Nick Paul netted on power plays to help the Lightning win their first home outdoor game in franchise history.
Boston’s Morgan Geekie tallied twice in a three-point outing, and Alex Steeves, Viktor Arvidsson and Matthew Poitras hit the net. Charlie McAvoy posted two assists.
Each club arrived in unique attire – the Lightning in the Buccaneers’ creamsicle orange original uniforms and the Bruins as patriots from the Revolutionary War – on a historically cold night with the temperature in the 30s for the 64,617 fans in attendance.
Hurricanes 3, Kings 2 (OT)
Sebastian Aho’s goal 1:25 into overtime rescued Carolina against Los Angeles after a late two-goal lead disappeared in Raleigh, N.C.
Jordan Staal and Alexander Nikishin scored earlier for the Hurricanes, who pushed their points streak to eight games (6-0-2). Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists, including one on Aho’s winner. Brandon Bussi made 11 saves while improving his record to 21-3-1 during his rookie season.
Samuel Helenius and Quinton Byfield scored in the final seven minutes of regulation after the Kings were in danger of being shut out for the first time this season. Los Angeles has collected at least one point in eight of its last nine games. Anton Forsberg made 31 saves.
Ducks 4, Golden Knights 3
Chris Kreider scored two goals, Cutter Gauthier and Ryan Poehling each scored one and Anaheim got back to its winning ways with a victory over visiting Vegas.
Troy Terry had two assists in his return from an 11-game absence because of an upper body injury and Lukas Dostal made 28 saves in the Ducks’ fourth consecutive home victory. Anaheim moved back into playoff position with the win.
Mitch Marner, Ivan Barbashev and Tomas Hertl scored goals and Adin Hill made 19 saves for the Golden Knights, who matched a season-high five-game losing streak (0-3-2). Vegas also is 1-5-2 since a seven-game winning streak that ended Jan. 19.
–Field Level Media
