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Calgary Flames at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Andrei Vasilevskiy stops 32 shots, Lightning beat Flames 5-1 for 5th straight victory.

Nikita Kucherov lights the lamp

Zemgus Girgensons, Charle-Edouard D’Astous and Declan Carlile also scored and Jake Guentzel had two assists to help the Lightning match their longest streak of the season. They have won 13 of the past 16 games.

Vasilevskiy made 18 saves in the third period. He won his fifth consecutive start, allowing one-or-fewer goals in each of those starts.

Joel Farabee scored for Calgary. Devin Cooley stopped 17 shots in relief of Dustin Wolf, who was pulled at the 5:52 mark of the first period after allowing three goals on four shots. The Flames had won three in a row.

Tampa Bay scored twice in the first 1:26 and four times in the first 10:01, the third-fastest four goals to start a game in franchise history.

Hagel started things off 39 seconds in off the rush, beating Wolf with a wrist shot from the left circle. D’Astous fired a slap shot from the center point at 1:26.

Girgensons made it 3-0 at 5:52 when his attempted pass to the net deflected off the stick of Calgary’s Kevin Bahl and chased Wolf. It was the 200th NHL point for Girgensons. He's the third player from Latvia to reach the mark, joining Sandis Ozolish and Sergei Zholtok.

Carlile completed the first-period scoring for Tampa Bay with a quick shot from the left circle that beat Cooley at 10:01.

Farabee scored short-handed for Calgary 1:04 into the third.

Up next Flames: At Florida on Friday

Lightning: At Detroit on Friday

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:39 Brandon Hagel Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (8), Nikita Kucherov (16)
Goal 1st Period 1:26 Charle-Edouard D'Astous Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Nick Paul (1), Jake Guentzel (11)
Goal 1st Period 5:52 Zemgus Girgensons Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (4), Pontus Holmberg (5)
Goal 1st Period 10:01 Declan Carlile Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Steven Santini (1), Jake Guentzel (12)
Goal 3rd Period 1:04 Joel Farabee Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: John Beecher (1), Yan Kuznetsov (2)
Goal 3rd Period 14:23 Nikita Kucherov Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (12), Darren Raddysh (8)

Statistics

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17 Blocked Shots 15
25 Hits 13
4 Takeaways 6
32 Shots 23
0 Power Play Goals 0
5 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
23 Faceoffs Won 28
45.1 Faceoff Win Percent 54.9
16 Giveaways 15
4 Total Penalties 4
8 Penalty Minutes 10
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nick Paul, LW Out Feb 21
Victor Hedman, D Day-To-Day Feb 18
Anthony Cirelli, C Day-To-Day Feb 6
Brayden Point, C Injured Reserve Feb 5
Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D Injured Reserve Jan 25
Calgary Flames Calgary Flames Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jonathan Huberdeau, LW Injured Reserve Feb 21
Cullen Potter, LW Out Jan 21

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

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

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 27 16 68 14
Edmonton 28 22 64 8
Seattle 27 20 63 9
Anaheim 30 23 63 3
Los Angeles 23 19 60 14
San Jose 27 24 58 4
Calgary 23 27 52 6
Vancouver 18 33 42 6

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 37 14 78 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 19 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Ottawa 28 22 63 7
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 25 61 3
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