The Tampa Bay Lightning let the offense rain at Rogers Center during Thursday night\u2019s 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay improves to 42-21-4 with the victory.<\/p>\n
The Lightning jumped to a 4-0 lead with goals from Jake Guentzel, Darren Raddysh, Nikita Kucherov and Yanni Gourde before the Canucks scored two in a row.<\/p>\n
Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel restored the four-goal advantage with scores in the third period to make it 6-2.<\/p>\n
Kucherov and Cirelli each had a goal and two assists to lead Tampa Bay, and 11 different players finished with a point. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves in the win.<\/p>\n
The Lightning now head to Alberta, where they\u2019ll open a back-to-back with a Saturday game against the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n
Scoring summary
First period
TBL 1, VAN 0
17:37 Jake Guentzel (30) – Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous, Ryan McDonagh
Lightning forward Jake Guentzel\u2019s 30th goal of the season came on a deflection of defenseman Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous\u2019 point shot to give the visitors the first lead.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: TBL 11, VAN 6<\/p>\n
Second period
TBL 2, VAN 0
00:49 Darren Raddysh (18) – Nikita Kucherov, Anthony Cirelli
Tampa Bay extended the lead on a Darren Raddysh slap shot from the blue line.<\/p>\n
TBL 3, VAN 0
4:14 Yanni Gourde (9) – Raddysh, Pontus Holmberg
Another redirection pushed the Lightning lead to three goals, this time being Yanni Gourde who got his stick on a Darren Raddysh shot.<\/p>\n
TBL 4, VAN 0
5:32 Kucherov (38) – Erik Cernak, Cirelli
The offensive onslaught continued when Nikita Kucherov\u2019s shot from distance went in off a Vancouver skate at the net.<\/p>\n
TBL 4, VAN 1
12:06 Liam Ohgren (7) – Brock Boeser, Marco Rossi
The Canucks got a goal with a shot from the top of the circles in the second period.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: TBL 11, VAN 4<\/p>\n
Third period
TBL 4, VAN 2
7:04 Linus\u00a0Karlsson (13) – Rossi
Vancouver took advantage of a turnover, and Linus\u00a0Karlsson batted the rebound chance out of mid-air to make it a two-goal game.<\/p>\n
TBL 5, VAN 2
7:36\u00a0Cirelli (17) – Brandon Hagel, Cernak
The Lightning needed only 32 seconds for the responding goal, as a Brandon\u00a0Hagel pass hit Cirelli\u2019s skate before crossing the goal line for the 5-2 goal.<\/p>\n
TBL 6, VAN 2
10:35\u00a0Hagel (32) – Kucherov, JJ Moser
Hagel pushed the lead to four goals on a shot from the left circle that hit the far post before bouncing into the net.<\/p>\n
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