Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 28, 2023
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees:
Eric Furlatt, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen:
Bryan Pancich, Joe Mahon
Attendance:
19092
By Field Level Media
Brayden Point netted his team-leading 29th goal, rookie Nick Perbix had a career-high three assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning set a franchise record with their 12th consecutive home win, topping the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Saturday night.
By sweeping their three-game homestand and moving to 20-4-1 at home, the Lightning broke the record of 11 wins in a row from Dec. 23, 2019, to Feb. 15, 2020. They also split the season series with the Kings.
Tampa Bay's Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Corey Perry, Ross Colton and Victor Hedman potted even-strength markers. Steven Stamkos stretched his point streak to 11 games with a helper. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (23-12-1) made 26 saves.
Winners of eight of their past 10 games, the Lightning finished January at 9-4-0 and are 16-6-0 against the Western Conference.
Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Phillip Danault scored goals for Los Angeles. Forward Rasmus Kupari played in his 100th career game, and Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots.
The Kings fell to 2-2-3 in the second game of a back-to-back set.
In their final game before the All-Star break, the Lightning took advantage of a sloppy pass by the Kings' Sean Walker to grab a 1-0 lead at 5:02 of the first.
The defenseman's pass behind Quick's net hit the wall and struck the cage -- leaving it behind the net. Kucherov retrieved it and fed Point, who jammed it in.
Tampa Bay added on when Perbix stole a pass and found Bellemare. The French-born winger zipped in his third goal at 6:21 to push the lead to 2-0.
But Anderson-Dolan cut the lead in half with a shot from the left circle that handcuffed Vasilevskiy. The puck then trundled between the netminder's pads and across the goal line for Anderson-Dolan's sixth goal at 10:12.
With just over four minutes left, Perry found the net for the ninth time with a putback of Perbix's shot to reestablish the two-goal gap.
In the second period, Colton found himself alone in front of Quick, snagged a rebound and potted his 10th marker at 15:20 to give the home side a comfortable three-goal lead.
However, Danault backhanded a pass into the slot in the final minute. Tampa Bay defenseman Ian Cole inadvertently put it into the net for Danault's 14th.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Los Angeles |
|
Tampa Bay |
Jaret Anderson-Dolan 1 |
Points |
Nick Perbix 3 |
Jaret Anderson-Dolan 1 |
Goals |
Brayden Point 1 |
Drew Doughty 1 |
Assists |
Nick Perbix 3 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Jonathan Quick .800 |
Save Percentage |
Andrei Vasilevskiy .929 |
Jonathan Quick 20 |
Saves |
Andrei Vasilevskiy 26 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Los Angeles
|
28 |
2 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
14 |
24 |
Tampa Bay
|
25 |
5 |
0-2 |
2-2 |
14 |
34 |
Upcoming Games
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Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Florida. The Lightning have a W/L % of .656 after a win and .688 after a loss.
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Los Angeles will play their next game on the road against Carolina. The Kings have a W/L % of .483 after a win and .609 after a loss.