The Tampa Bay Lightning fought back to force a shootout but saw their NHL-best win streak come to a close on Friday in St. Louis.<\/p>\n
The Lightning fell 3-2 in a shootout to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center.<\/p>\n
The Blues scored twice in a 30-second span late to take a 2-0 lead in the first period, but Tampa Bay evened the score with power-play goals from Nikita Kucherov and Oliver Bjorkstrand in period two.<\/p>\n
Jordan Kyrou then scored the only goal in the shootout for St. Louis.<\/p>\n
Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, which got two assists from Darren Raddysh and 19 saves from goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay is now 29-13-4 this season and continues play on Sunday with a visit to play the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n
Scoring summary
First period
STL 1, TBL 0
17:03 Jake Neighbours (12) – Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler
St. Louis got the opening goal at the right post after a Lightning poke check led to the puck finding Jake Neighbours for a shot near the net.<\/p>\n
STL 2, TBL 0
17:33 Nick Bjugstad (6) – Pavel Buchnevich
The Blues added to the lead with Nick Bjugstad\u2019s shot from the top of the left faceoff circle.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: TBL 11, STL 7<\/p>\n
Second period
STL 2, TBL 1
9:59 Nikita Kucherov (24) – Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh – PP
The Lightning drew within a goal of the Blues with Nikita Kucherov\u2019s power-play one-timer from the right circle on a 5-on-3 look.<\/p>\n
STL 2, TBL 2
11:01 Oliver Bjorkstrand (7) – Kucherov, Raddysh – PP
Tampa Bay tied the game with their second power-play tally of the period, this one a snap shot by Oliver Bjorkstrand 62 seconds after the Kucherov goal.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: TBL 15, STL 5<\/p>\n
Third period
None.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: TBL 8, STL 5<\/p>\n
Overtime
None.<\/p>\n
Total shots: TBL 36, STL 21<\/p>\n
Shootout<\/p>\n
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