Lightning fend off Flames to earn 4-1 win on Thursday night
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The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night.
Nikita Kucherov had two goals, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 39 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night.
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist, and Philippe Myers also scored for the Lightning. Mikhail Sergachev picked up two assists and has five assists and seven points during a three-game point streak.
Kucherov had a power-play goal in the second period and an empty-netter.
This is the first time Tampa Bay has allowed fewer than two goals this season. The Lightning have given up three or more in 13 of 17 games.
“I’ll take the chances we had over the ones they had,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said.
“They’re getting pucks to the net, but if your goalie sees them and from the outside, it’s just limiting what happens after that. I thought we did a good job of that tonight.”
Elias Lindholm scored for Calgary and Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots. The Flames had won two in a row after losing seven straight (0-5-2).
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