National Hockey League

FINAL Saturday, October 17, 2026
Vancouver Canucks 2
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Tampa Bay Lightning 4
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Match Report

Lightning storm back from 2-goal deficit to beat the Canucks 4-2

— Nikita Kucherov scored twice, Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, and Dennis Hildeby stopped 12 shots as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Blocked Shots
21
17
Hits
21
3
Takeaways
2
14
Shots
35
1
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
1
50.0
Power Play Percentage
100.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
20
Faceoffs Won
33
37.7
Faceoff Win Percent
62.3
13
Giveaways
11
2
Total Penalties
3
4
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

VAN

  • Arshdeep Bains · ·
  • Brock Boeser · ·
  • Filip Chytil · ·
  • Paul Cotter · ·

TB

  • Anthony Cirelli · ·
  • Conor Geekie · ·
  • Zemgus Girgensons · ·
  • Gage Goncalves · ·

Recent Plays

  1. 20:00 · 3rd Game End
  2. 20:00 · 3rd End of 3rd Period
  3. 19:44 · 3rd Giveaway by Filip Hronek
  4. 19:41 · 3rd Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh
  5. 19:25 · 3rd Brock Boeser shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  6. 19:16 · 3rd Elias Pettersson shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
  7. 18:53 · 3rd Erik Cernak Wrist Shot Wide Left
  8. 18:50 · 3rd Pontus Holmberg Snap Shot Wide Right

Highlights

00:18 Kevin Lankinen makes beautiful save Watch on ESPN 00:26 Linus Karlsson scores goal for Canucks Watch on ESPN 00:46 Elias Pettersson capitalizes on the power play Watch on ESPN 00:54 Nikita Kucherov nets power-play goal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

TB leads series 1-0

Injuries

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Victor Hedman Day-To-Day
  • Zemgus Girgensons Day-To-Day
  • Yanni Gourde Injured Reserve

Vancouver Canucks

  • Akil Thomas Injured Reserve
  • Mackenzie MacEachern Injured Reserve
  • Thatcher Demko Injured Reserve

NHL News

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