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Guentzel scores in OT to give Lightning 2-1 win over Oilers

Jake Guentzel completes Lightning late show with OT winner

Nick Paul, who made his season debut after recovering from offseason wrist surgery, scored for Tampa Bay with less than three minutes left in regulation to tie the game at 1-1. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 24 saves.

Trent Frederic scored for the Oilers 1:32 into the game while Calvin Pickard stopped 33 shots for Edmonton, which has one win in the past five games (1-3-1).

Guentzel scored the winner after skating up ice off a pass from Darren Raddysh and beating Pickard. The goal came after Vasilevskiy made back-to-back stops on Darnell Nurse and Jack Roslovic.

Frederic scored his first goal in 20 games after Emil Lilleberg turned the puck over to Leon Draisaitl, who fed Frederic open in the slot for a one-timer.

Paul tied the game with 2:32 left in regulation, taking a pass from JJ Moser at the offensive blue line, moving the puck to the net and beating Pickard high.

Edmonton entered the night with the most goals allowed in the league at five-on-five play (58), were last in the league in save percentage and allowed 20 goals combined in the previous four games. On Thursday, the Oilers allowed fewer than three goals in a game for just the sixth time in 23 games this season and only the second time since Nov. 1.

Up Next Oilers: At Florida on Saturday night.

Lightning: At Washington on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:32 Trent Frederic Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Leon Draisaitl (13)
Goal 3rd Period 17:28 Nick Paul Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: J.J. Moser (5), Emil Lilleberg (2)
Goal 4th Period 1:43 Jake Guentzel Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (6), Nikita Kucherov (10)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originEDM https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTB
10 Blocked Shots 19
17 Hits 29
5 Takeaways 3
25 Shots 35
0 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 23
57.4 Faceoff Win Percent 42.6
14 Giveaways 17
5 Total Penalties 3
21 Penalty Minutes 9
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brayden Point, C Out Jan 12
Ryan McDonagh, D Injured Reserve Jan 9
Scott Sabourin, RW Injured Reserve Dec 30
Victor Hedman, D Injured Reserve Dec 12
Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Adam Henrique, C Injured Reserve Jan 7
Tristan Jarry, G Injured Reserve Jan 6
Jake Walman, D Injured Reserve Jan 5

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

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

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 21 11 54 12
Edmonton 23 16 53 7
Seattle 21 15 50 8
San Jose 23 19 49 3
Los Angeles 19 16 48 10
Anaheim 21 21 45 3
Calgary 19 22 42 4
Vancouver 16 24 37 5

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 28 15 60 4
Tampa Bay 28 13 59 3
Montreal 26 14 58 6
Toronto 23 15 53 7
Buffalo 24 16 52 4
Boston 25 19 52 2
Florida 24 18 51 3
Ottawa 20 19 45 5
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