Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Vancouver Canucks

9-9-2

Final
6 - 2

Tampa Bay Lightning

9-7-2

Canucks score 5 3rd-period goals to beat Lightning 6-2 and end 3-game skid

Vancouver Canucks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Sherwood tied it at 2 on a power play at 4:11, with his shot deflecting in off Lightning defender J.J. Moser's skate. Sherwood has 12 goals this season.

Karlsson put the Canucks ahead at 4:54 with a backhander, and O’Connor added his fifth of the season at 5:51 on a tip. Mackenzie MacEachern scored his first of the season with 6:08 remaining, and Marcus Pettersson added his first of the season into an empty net with 3:03 to go.

Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves, and Quinn Hughes had four assists after missing a game because of an upper-body injury. The Canucks ended a three-game losing streak. They opened a three-game trip Friday night with an overtime loss at Carolina

Jake DeBrusk started the comeback on a power play at 9:26 of the second, Jonas Johansson from close range off a rebound for his seventh goal.

Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel spotted Tampa Bay — coming off a 3-1 victory at Florida on Saturday night — to a 2-0 lead, each scoring their eighth of the season.

Kucherov scored on a one-timer from the right circle with 35 seconds left in the first period, and Guentzel made it 2-0 on a tip at 4:35 of the second.

Up next Canucks: At Florida on Monday night.

Lightning: Host New Jersey on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

VAN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 19:25	Nikita Kucherov Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (3), Brayden Point (7)
Goal	2nd Period 4:35	Jake Guentzel Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Erik Cernak (3), Brandon Hagel (8)
Goal	2nd Period 9:26	Jake DeBrusk Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (12), Quinn Hughes (13)
Goal	3rd Period 4:11	Kiefer Sherwood Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Brock Boeser (6), Quinn Hughes (14)
Goal	3rd Period 4:54	Linus Karlsson Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Mackenzie MacEachern (3)
Goal	3rd Period 5:51	Drew O'Connor Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Quinn Hughes (15), Filip Hronek (10)
Goal	3rd Period 13:52	Mackenzie MacEachern Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Filip Hronek (11), Quinn Hughes (16)
Goal	3rd Period 16:57	Marcus Pettersson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (13), Tyler Myers (4)

Statistics

VAN		TB
10	Blocked Shots	8
28	Hits	18
5	Takeaways	3
18	Shots	30
2	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
66.7	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
31	Faceoffs Won	28
52.5	Faceoff Win Percent	47.5
12	Giveaways	16
7	Total Penalties	7
33	Penalty Minutes	33

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Emil Lilleberg, D	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Erik Cernak, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 13
Andrei Vasilevskiy, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Victor Hedman, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Nils Hoglander, LW	Day-To-Day	Dec 14
Elias Pettersson, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 14
Teddy Blueger, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 8
Filip Chytil, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 6
Derek Forbort, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 28