TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Guentzel and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two objectives every, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning routed the Utah Hockey Membership 8-0 on Thursday night time.
Brayden Level, Nikita Kucherov, Gage Goncalves and Victor Hedman additionally scored for Tampa Bay, which received its second in a row and has received 5 of its final seven video games. Kucherov additionally had three assists.
It was the fourth time this 12 months Tampa Bay has scored eight objectives in a sport.
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Utah beginning goalie Karel Vejmelka — who had began 15 straight video games — had a tough night time, giving up 4 objectives on 11 pictures earlier than being lifted after Kucherov made it 4-0 halfway by the second interval. He was changed by Jaxson Stauber, who gave up 4 objectives on 10 pictures.
Takeaways
Mikhail Sergachev spent seven seasons with the Lightning, successful two Stanley Cups. He returned Thursday night time as a member of the Utah Hockey Membership for the primary time.
Utah has now given up 13 objectives in its final two video games, together with a 5-1 loss to Detroit on Monday, not a great signal for a group at the moment out of the playoff image.
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Key second
Guentzel and Hedman obtained the Lightning off to a quick begin. Guentzel opened the scoring at 1:30 of the primary interval with a backhander, and Hedman made it 2-0 at 4:20 on a snap shot.
Key stat
Guentzel’s second aim that made it 5-0 with 2:06 to play within the second interval got here on the facility play and his 16 power-play objectives this season leads the NHL. Level’s aim was the three hundredth of his NHL profession.
Up subsequent
Utah performs on the Florida Panthers on Friday night time. The Lightning play host to the New York Islanders on Saturday.
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