Yanni Gourde scored a pair of unassisted goals in the second period and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to six games with a 6-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.<\/p>\n
Darren Raddysh had a goal and two assists for Tampa Bay, while Jake Guentzel supplied a goal and an assist. Gage Goncalves and Brandon Hagel also scored for the Lightning.<\/p>\n
Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to eight games with two assists. He has four goals and 11 assists during that span.<\/p>\n
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots to extend his personal winning streak to six games. Vailevskiy has limited opponents to a combined seven goals during that stretch.<\/p>\n
J.T. Compher and Michael Rasmussen led Detroit’s offense with a goal and an assist apiece. Dylan Larkin added his team-high 14th goal and John Gibson made 22 saves. The Red Wings have lost three straight.<\/p>\n
Lightning forward Brayden Point missed his third consecutive game because of an undisclosed injury.<\/p>\n
The game was tied at 1-1 after the first period. Compher opened the scoring with a shot from the right circle. Raddysh answered with a slapshot past Gibson during a Lightning power play.<\/p>\n
The Lightning led 4-3 after two periods. Goncalves and Gourde took advantage of Detroit defensive errors in the first 3:01 of the period but Rasmussen quickly answered by tapping in a rebound. Gourde and Larkin traded goals in the last four minutes of the period.<\/p>\n
Guentzel’s tip-in of a shot by Raddysh with 7:23 remaining and Hagel’s empty-netter with 2:47 left clinched the Lightning’s victory.<\/p>\n
Lightning: Visit the New York Rangers on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Red Wings: Visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n
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