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Tampa Bay Lightning at Ottawa Senators

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Final
6 - 4

Brayden Point has 3 goals and an assist, Lightning beat Senators 6-4

Brayden Point's hat trick helps Lightning to 1st road win of season

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and four assists, Victor Hedman and Michael Eyssimont also scored and Jonas Johansson stopped 22 shots. The Lightning improved to 5-3-3.

“It feels good to help contribute offensively,” Point said. “Still out there for too many (goals) against, but it feels good to contribute offensively, that’s for sure.”

Brady Tkachuk scored twice and Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson added goals for Ottawa. The Senators are 1-5-0 in their last six and 4-6-0 overall.

“Whenever you don’t win it’s frustrating,” Tkachuk said. “It’s frustrating the negativity from the outside. The constant booing ... from the crowd tonight was frustrating, too. I understand they’re a passionate fan base, I understand, I love it, but when you face adversity you don’t turn your back on the guys out there.”

Ottawa scored three times in the second period to take a 4-1 lead.

Thirty-two seconds into the period, Point came down the wing and beat Joonas Korpisalo high. Four minutes later, Eyssimont battled his way through Jake Sanderson and Travis Hamonic and got a shot off to beat Korpisalo, who was then pulled after allowing three goals on 19 shots.

Tampa Bay struck again late in the period when Anton Forsberg, who allowed three goals on 19 shots, lost sight of the puck and Point was able to just get it across the goal line.

“It was a game of responses, to be honest,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “They get the first one and we came back and tied it and I thought that was big.”

UP NEXT

Lightning: At Toronto on Monday night.

Senators: At Toronto on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 12:58 Brady Tkachuk Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Mathieu Joseph (5), Jake Sanderson (5)
Goal 1st Period 17:05 Victor Hedman Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Nikita Kucherov (6), Brayden Point (9)
Goal 2nd Period 0:32 Brayden Point Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (7)
Goal 2nd Period 4:57 Michael Eyssimont Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Anthony Cirelli (4)
Goal 2nd Period 18:15 Brayden Point Goal (4) Poke, assists: Nikita Kucherov (8)
Goal 3rd Period 1:17 Claude Giroux Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Tim Stützle (9), Jacob Bernard-Docker (2)
Goal 3rd Period 9:38 Brayden Point Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Steven Stamkos (7), Nikita Kucherov (9)
Goal 3rd Period 11:08 Brady Tkachuk Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (3)
Goal 3rd Period 11:24 Nikita Kucherov Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Barré-Boulet (3), Victor Hedman (9)
Goal 3rd Period 12:14 Drake Batherson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Brady Tkachuk (3), Jake Sanderson (6)

Statistics

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16 Blocked Shots 16
32 Hits 19
4 Takeaways 8
38 Shots 28
1 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 4
33.3 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
37 Faceoffs Won 30
55.2 Faceoff Win Percent 44.8
10 Giveaways 13
5 Total Penalties 4
13 Penalty Minutes 11
Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tyler Kleven, D Out Dec 20
Lars Eller, C Out Dec 17
Shane Pinto, C Injured Reserve Dec 6
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brandon Hagel, LW Injured Reserve Dec 20
Emil Lilleberg, D Injured Reserve Dec 15
Erik Cernak, D Injured Reserve Dec 13
Victor Hedman, D Injured Reserve Dec 12

Game Information

Canadian Tire Centre

Location: Ottawa, ON
Attendance: 17,387 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 21 13 45 3
Montreal 19 12 43 5
Tampa Bay 19 13 41 3
Boston 20 16 41 1
Florida 19 14 40 2
Ottawa 18 13 40 4
Buffalo 17 14 38 4
Toronto 15 15 35 5
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