National Hockey League
Tampa Bay 3, Nashville 2
When: 3:00 PM ET, Friday, November 29, 2024
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Michael Markovic
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Kyle Flemington
Attendance: 18228

Brayden Point's 16th goal just 1:01 into overtime lifted the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 win over the host Nashville Predators on Friday afternoon and a sweep of the teams' two-game regular-season series.

After Nashville's Filip Forsberg went off for high sticking 41 seconds into the extra session, Point scored his NHL-leading ninth power-play goal off a slick feed from Nikita Kucherov to give the Lightning their fifth win in their last eight games (5-2-1).

Tampa Bay also won a 3-2 overtime game against visiting Nashville on Oct. 28.

Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel also scored goals for the Lightning. Victor Hedman assisted on Hagel's tally, giving him 588 career helpers and tying him with Martin St. Louis for the most in Tampa Bay franchise history.

With goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy back in Tampa resting for Saturday's back-to-back matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Jonas Johansson made 28 saves in his fourth start this season (2-1-1).

Roman Josi scored both of Nashville's goals and Juuse Saros stopped 25 shots as the club fell to 2-2-2 in its past six contests. Predators defenseman Jeremy Lauzon (lower-body injury) missed his second consecutive game.

To open the second meeting this season between the teams, Nashville found the net on its first shot with a former Lightning great getting in on the action.

On a faceoff in front of Johansson, Steven Stamkos beat former teammate Cirelli on the draw and sent the puck back to Josi. Josi moved a couple of strides to his left and flipped a long, seeing-eye shot that worked its way through traffic and past Johansson just 83 seconds in.

Stamkos, the Lightning's longtime captain, notched the only assist. He had two helpers in his first game against his former club.

Early in the second, Saros stopped Point on a breakaway, but Cirelli tied it 1-all after Luke Glendening stole the puck from Josi and led a two-on-zero shorthanded break. Cirelli bobbled the puck but managed to chip it in for his 10th at 4:06.

Tampa Bay grabbed its first lead when Hagel's long shot went through traffic and slipped past Saros for his 10th goal this season and the 100th of his career. Josi redeemed himself from the slot for his seventh goal to knot the score at 2-all 11:20 into the second period.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Tampa Bay   Nashville
Anthony Cirelli 1 Points Roman Josi 2
Anthony Cirelli 1 Goals Roman Josi 2
Luke Glendening 1 Assists Luke Evangelista 1
Brayden Point 1 Power Play Goals N/A
Anthony Cirelli 1 Short Handed Goals N/A
Jonas Johansson .933 Save Percentage Juuse Saros .893
Jonas Johansson 28 Saves Juuse Saros 25
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Tampa Bay 28 3 1-4 2-2 6 30
Nashville 30 2 0-2 3-4 10 31
Upcoming Games
  • Nashville will play their next game on the road against Minnesota. The Predators have a W/L % of .286 after a win and .294 after a loss.
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Lightning have a W/L % of .545 after a win and .545 after a loss.