Nikita Kucherov scores twice, Lightning beat Canucks 4-3 to finish 3-game winless streak

TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday evening to finish a three-game winless streak.

Nicholas Paul and Michael Eyssimont additionally scored, and Jonas Johansson made 26 saves. Steven Stamkos had an help after lacking the earlier two video games due to an undisclosed lower-body harm.

Thatcher Demko stopped 31 photographs for Vancouver, and Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers and J.T. Miller scored. Demko had 40 saves Tuesday evening in a 2-0 loss at Philadelphia.

Kucherov put Tampa Bay up 4-2 at 4:42 of the third on the Lightning‘s second power-play purpose. Miller reduce it to 4-3 with 1:49 remaining.

“Kuch took over,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper stated.

The Lightning went forward 3-2 on Eyssimont’s purpose with 4:17 left within the second, and Kucherov scored from the highest of the precise circle 1:09 later.

PHOTOS: Nikita Kucherov scores twice, Lightning beat Canucks 4-3 to finish 3-game winless streak

‘”I feel like it was like the last six, seven minutes (of the second) their big guys started wheeling around,” Miller said. “Once they get going, they’re exhausting to cease.”

Kucherov and Stamkos every completed with seven photographs. Kucherov hit the publish early within the third.

“Work ethic,” Paul stated. “When we start taking the game over, what was going well? We’re moving pucks. We’re hustling. We were first on the forecheck. Winning our battles in front. That’s the kind of hockey we want to play.”

Boeser scored 14 seconds into the second earlier than Myers made it 2-1 48 seconds later. Myers had his first purpose of the season to match his complete from each 2021-22 (82 video games) and 2022-23 (78 video games). He has 89 objectives in 922 profession video games.

Boeser – who had 4 objectives in a season-opening victory over Edmonton – is the primary Vancouver participant with 5 objectives in his first 4 video games of the season since Alexander Mogilny in 1995-96.

Elias Pettersson had two assists to present him seven total. Only Andre Boudrias, with eight in 1974-75, has extra helpers although his first 4 video games of his season in Vancouver historical past.

Vancouver‘s Filip Hronek had an help and 7 photographs,

Paul scored his third power-play purpose of the season at 11:10 of the primary after a turnover by Myers. Demko made a pair of robust saves on Stamkos earlier than Paul put dwelling a unfastened puck.

“I was trying to clear it,” Myers stated. “I think I had more time than I thought. I couldn’t get it in the air, under it. Looking back I wish I would have held on to it for a second, I think I could have.”

Stamkos and teammate Brayden Point completed at minus-2. Vancouver‘s Quinn Hughes was a plus-2.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Lightning: G Andrei Vasilevskiy (again surgical procedure) stays heading in the right direction to be again in late November or early December.

UP NEXT

Canucks: At Florida on Saturday evening.

Lightning: Host Toronto on Saturday evening.