Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vancouver Canucks as Guentzel breaks third-period tie

Lankinen's kick save precedes Karlsson's opener

Vancouver's first shot came from Elias Pettersson at 6:53 of the first period against Dennis Hildeby. At the other end, Kevin Lankinen kept the game scoreless at 9:02 with a stretching kick save to deny Jake Guentzel.

Linus Karlsson opened the scoring at 15:32 of the first period, with Paul Cotter and Filip Chytil assisting on the goal that put Vancouver ahead.

Chytil worked behind Tampa Bay's net before Cotter delivered an off-balance pass to Karlsson. The Canucks carried that one-goal advantage into the second period.

Pettersson extends the lead on the power play

Pettersson doubled Vancouver's lead at 4:35 of the second period with a power-play goal. Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Brock Boeser supplied the assists as the Canucks moved two goals ahead.

The goal came on Vancouver's second power play. Pettersson attempted a sharp-angle shot from Hildeby's left, and the puck went into the net off the goalie.

Kucherov scores twice to erase the deficit

Nikita Kucherov began Tampa Bay's response at 6:30 of the second period, assisted by Brandon Hagel and Guentzel. Kucherov scored again at 11:23, this time with Brayden Point assisting, to bring the teams level at 2-2.

Guentzel puts Tampa Bay ahead

The teams remained tied after two periods, with Tampa Bay ahead 26-12 in shots on goal. Guentzel broke the tie at 2:04 of the third when his long shot deflected off Vancouver's Liam Ohgren's stick.

Pontus Holmberg added the fourth at 15:57 after Zemgus Girgensons won an offensive-zone faceoff.

Tampa Bay outshot Vancouver 24-7 across the final two periods. Lankinen finished with 31 saves on 35 shots as Vancouver's losing streak reached seven games.