Tampa Bay Lightning at Edmonton Oilers

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Tampa Bay Lightning

43-21-4

Final
5 - 2

Edmonton Oilers

34-28-9

Kucherov takes the NHL points lead from McDavid in the Lightning's 5-2 victory over the Oilers

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Edmonton Oilers: Game Highlights

Kucherov scored his 39th and 40th goals and had his 77th and 78th assists to push his season points total to 118. McDavid had his 38th goal to get to 116. Kucherov has 12 points in his last three games and 22 in his last eight.

Anthony Cirelli also scored twice, Jake Guentzel added a goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves for Tampa Bay. Second in the Atlantic Division, the Lightning have won three in a row and four of five.

Josh Samanski also scored for Edmonton, and Connor Ingram stopped 22 shots. Second in the Pacific, the Oilers have lost two in a row.

The Lightning took a 3-1 lead with three minutes left in the second period. Kucherov emerged from the penalty box at the end of the first half of an Edmonton five-on-three advantage. and J.J. Moser sprung him on a breakaway for his first career short-handed goal.

McDavid is just shy of three milestones. He's a goal away from 400, an assist from 800 and two points short of 1,200.

Up next Lightning: At Calgary on Sunday night.

Oilers: At Utah on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

TB wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 19:37	Connor McDavid Goal (38) Tip-In, assists: Evan Bouchard (60)
Goal	2nd Period 1:37	Anthony Cirelli Goal (18) Backhand, assists: Nikita Kucherov (77), Brandon Hagel (34)
Goal	2nd Period 12:13	Jake Guentzel Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (78), Brayden Point (29)
Goal	2nd Period 16:58	Nikita Kucherov Goal (39) Wrist Shot, assists: J.J. Moser (19)
Goal	3rd Period 7:16	Josh Samanski Goal (1) , assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 15:32	Nikita Kucherov Goal (40) Snap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (35)
Goal	3rd Period 19:28	Anthony Cirelli Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

TB		EDM
13	Blocked Shots	17
11	Hits	28
5	Takeaways	2
28	Shots	27
1	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	3
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
2	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
26	Faceoffs Won	23
53.1	Faceoff Win Percent	46.9
19	Giveaways	18
6	Total Penalties	6
18	Penalty Minutes	18

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Max Jones, LW	Out	Apr 13
Jason Dickinson, C	Out	Apr 13
Leon Draisaitl, C	Injured Reserve	Apr 13

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jonas Johansson, G	Day-To-Day	Apr 16
Anthony Cirelli, C	Day-To-Day	Apr 16
Pontus Holmberg, RW	Day-To-Day	Apr 16
J.J. Moser, D	Day-To-Day	Apr 16
Ryan McDonagh, D	Day-To-Day	Apr 16