National Hockey League
Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 19092

Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn each scored twice in three-point showings Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Lightning broke a five-game losing skid with a 5-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

By scoring twice and setting up one of Killorn's goals, right winger Kucherov stretched his franchise-record home point streak to 22 games -- the longest by a player this season.

Killorn netted goals in the first and second periods and added a helper as the Lightning won for the 12th time in the past 13 regular-season games against Philadelphia.

Ross Colton scored at even strength in Tampa Bay's first win since Feb. 25, while Mikhail Sergachev had two assists. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (29-16-3) stopped 33 shots and is 12-3-0 against Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's Morgan Frost and Brendan Lemieux scored, and goalie Carter Hart (17-20-10) made 34 saves as the club opened a three-game road trip by dropping to 2-7-2 in its past 11 games.

Playing the first of just four road games in March, the Flyers led 1-0 after Joel Farabee fed a cross-ice pass to Frost for his 12th goal just 5:52 into the contest.

But on the game's first power play, the Lightning's second-ranked unit evened it up less than two minutes later. Kucherov faked a shot and put a pass into the slot that Killorn tapped in. In 12 of their past 13 home games, the Lightning have notched at least one power-play goal.

During a man advantage that carried over from the end of the first period, Kucherov put one in the net himself, firing home a tally just 34 seconds into the frame.

Tanner Jeannot later sent a pass that Colton jammed in from the edge of Hart's blue paint for a 3-1 lead. The goal at 8:46 was Colton's 15th of the year.

Hart hurt himself on the Lightning's fourth goal. The goalie tripped and fell into the boards behind his net retrieving a puck, and Killorn potted his 19th at 10:49 for his fourth goal in three games.

But from long range just 1:51 later, defenseman Cam York sent a long shot that Lemieux clipped in for his first goal with his new team.

Kucherov's 25th tally, a power-play one, rounded out the scoring in the third.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Philadelphia   Tampa Bay
Morgan Frost 1 Points Alex Killorn 3
Morgan Frost 1 Goals Alex Killorn 2
Joel Farabee 1 Assists Mikhail Sergachev 2
N/A Power Play Goals Nikita Kucherov 2
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Carter Hart .872 Save Percentage Andrei Vasilevskiy .943
Carter Hart 34 Saves Andrei Vasilevskiy 33
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Philadelphia 35 2 0-3 3-6 23 21
Tampa Bay 39 5 3-6 3-3 6 35
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Vegas. The Lightning have a W/L % of .605 after a win and .577 after a loss.
  • Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Carolina. The Flyers have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .400 after a loss.