Tampa Bay Lightning at Ottawa Senators

· National Hockey League

Tampa Bay Lightning

45-29-6

Final
4 - 7

Ottawa Senators

38-35-7

Sokolov scores first NHL goal, Senators beat Lightning 7-4

“Honestly, I can’t believe it still,” Sokolov said. “It doesn’t feel real for me.”

Sokolov intercepted Erik Cernak’ pass and scored to give the Senators a 5-3 lead early in the third period.

“To be honest I changed my mind five or six times and at the last second I completely blacked out,” Sokolov said. “If you ever see me go on a breakaway, I never go five-hole and for some reason I went five-hole today and it worked out so I’m happy about it.”

Drake Batherson, Julien Gauthier, Patrick Brown, Alex DeBrincat, Mark Kastelic and Claude Giroux, into an empty net, also scored for Ottawa. Cam Talbot made 19 saves.

Alex Killorn, Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay, and Brian Elliott stopped 33 shots. The Lightning, locked into a first-round playoff series with Toronto, have lost three straight.

“Just turnovers,” Point said. “We’re giving up so many chances again. It’s been the theme lately and it’s tough to win when you’re giving up that many chances.”

UP NEXT

Lightning: Host Toronto on Tuesday night to open season-ending two-game homestand.

Senators: Host Carolina on Monday night in regular-season home finale.

Regular Season Series

OTT wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 0:30	Drake Batherson Goal (22) Deflected, assists: Erik Brannstrom (15), Alex DeBrincat (39)
Goal	1st Period 2:51	Steven Stamkos Goal (34) Slap Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (39), Nikita Kucherov (79)
Goal	1st Period 10:57	Julien Gauthier Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Dylan Gambrell (6), Jake Sanderson (26)
Goal	2nd Period 6:21	Patrick Brown Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Mark Kastelic (4), Artem Zub (7)
Goal	2nd Period 13:38	Brandon Hagel Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Steven Stamkos (48), Nikita Kucherov (80)
Goal	2nd Period 14:06	Victor Hedman Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (81), Steven Stamkos (49)
Goal	2nd Period 19:43	Alex DeBrincat Goal (27) Snap Shot, assists: Shane Pinto (14), Tim Stützle (48)
Goal	3rd Period 2:07	Egor Sokolov Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 6:01	Brayden Point Goal (49) Snap Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (40), Michael Eyssimont (10)
Goal	3rd Period 10:49	Mark Kastelic Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Sanderson (27)
Goal	3rd Period 19:41	Claude Giroux Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Tim Stützle (49), Brady Tkachuk (45)

Statistics

TB		OTT
11	Blocked Shots	14
25	Hits	18
4	Takeaways	8
24	Shots	40
3	Power Play Goals	1
5	Power Play Opportunities	4
60.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	34
41.4	Faceoff Win Percent	58.6
10	Giveaways	11
5	Total Penalties	5
18	Penalty Minutes	10