National Hockey League
Tampa Bay 4, Calgary 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 17, 2022
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Ryan Jackson
Attendance: 19092

Nikita Kucherov scored twice, Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning swept their three-game homestand by beating the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday.

In moving to 4-2-0 this season against the Western Conference, the Lightning improved to 6-2-1 at home. They beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Sunday and topped the Dallas Stars 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday.

They did all of that despite being outshot by the Flames 40-23 in the first meeting this season.

On Thursday, Philippe Myers netted his first Tampa Bay goal, Mikhail Sergachev handed out two assists, and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 39 of 40 shots.

Elias Lindholm scored and Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 of 23 shots for the Flames, who dropped to 2-6-2 over their last 10 games.

In the first match of its season-long six-game road trip, Calgary seemed to strike first at 7:28 when Milan Lucic skated into the left circle and beat Vasilevskiy with a wrister on the short side. But the Lightning challenged for an offside infraction, and the play was quickly overturned.

Less than a minute later, Stamkos put his club up 1-0 when he found the puck near the high slot, moved to the left circle and zipped in his ninth tally by beating Markstrom on the glove side.

In the second frame, the home side added on late on its first power play. After Rasmus Andersson was sent off for holding Stamkos, the Lightning captain made the Flames pay by finishing some good puck movement with a feed to Kucherov. The right wing blistered a one-timer from the right dot at 18:16.

On their third power play, the Flames finally connected when Lindholm's long shot found its way through Nazem Kadri's screen and in for his seventh tally, at 4:53 of the third. But defenseman Myers finally scored in his 10th Lightning game just 10 seconds later to restore the two-goal edge.

With 1:45 remaining, Calgary pulled Markstrom off the ice in favor of an extra skater. However, Kucherov iced the win with an empty-net goal -- his ninth overall thus far -- with 14 seconds to play.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Calgary   Tampa Bay
Nazem Kadri 1 Points Nikita Kucherov 2
Nazem Kadri 1 Goals Nikita Kucherov 2
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 Assists Mikhail Sergachev 2
Nazem Kadri 1 Power Play Goals Nikita Kucherov 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jacob Markstrom .870 Save Percentage Andrei Vasilevskiy .975
Jacob Markstrom 20 Saves Andrei Vasilevskiy 39
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Calgary 40 1 1-3 1-2 6 34
Tampa Bay 24 4 1-2 2-3 8 36
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Nashville. The Lightning have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .714 after a loss.
  • Calgary will play their next game on the road against Florida. The Flames have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .333 after a loss.