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Andrei Vasilevskiy stops 21 shots in Lightning's 2-0 win over Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, which has won eight of the past nine games at home. Vasilevskiy recorded his 39th career shutout to tie Jocelyn Thibault for 49th on the all-time list.

Ivan Fedotov finished with 21 saves for the Flyers, who have been shutout in back-to-back games. Philadelphia has lost seven of the past eight games.

Kucherov scored his 29th of the season, converting on a breakaway with 1:29 left in the first period. Guentzel scored his 15th power-play goal of the season, tying Leon Draisaitl for the league lead, with an empty-net goal with 1:30 left in the third.

Takeaways Flyers: Fedotov, who picked up his first career victory in November at Amalie Arena, has allowed just two goals in two games against the Lightning. … The Flyers were shutout for the seventh time this season.

Lightning: Kucherov has points in 10 consecutive games on home ice against the Flyers. … Monday was the lone home game for Tampa Bay in the middle of a seven game stretch.

Key moment The Flyers had a four-minute power play chance at 11:38 of the second period trailing by a goal when Emil Lilleberg was called for a double minor for high sticking. Not only did the Lightning hold Philadelphia off the scoreboard during the power play, Tampa Bay outshot the Flyers 2-0.

Key stat Philadelphia went 0 for 5 on the power play on the night to extend their drought to 0 for 23 with the man advantage, dating back to Feb. 25.

Up Next On Thursday, the Flyers are at Washington and the Lightning are at Dallas.

Regular Season Series

PHI wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 18:31 Nikita Kucherov Goal (29) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 18:30 Jake Guentzel Goal (33) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (66), Brayden Point (34)

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 19
41 Hits 19
2 Takeaways 5
21 Shots 23
0 Power Play Goals 1
5 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 27
50.0 Faceoff Win Percent 50.0
10 Giveaways 18
4 Total Penalties 5
10 Penalty Minutes 12
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brandon Hagel, LW Day-To-Day Dec 15
Emil Lilleberg, D Injured Reserve Dec 15
Ryan McDonagh, D Injured Reserve Dec 15
Erik Cernak, D Injured Reserve Dec 13
Victor Hedman, D Injured Reserve Dec 12
Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 21 9 44 2
NY Islanders 19 12 41 3
Philadelphia 17 9 40 6
Washington 18 11 40 4
Pittsburgh 14 9 37 9
New Jersey 18 14 37 1
NY Rangers 16 15 36 4
Columbus 14 13 34 6

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 19 12 41 3
Boston 20 14 40 0
Tampa Bay 18 12 39 3
Montreal 17 12 38 4
Florida 17 13 36 2
Toronto 15 12 35 5
Ottawa 15 13 34 4
Buffalo 14 14 32 4
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