Victor Hedman strikes twice as Lightning beat Blues
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[December 03, 2021] Victor
Hedman scored twice in the third period as the Tampa Bay Lightning
earned a split of the season series with St. Louis, beating the
visiting Blues 4-2 on Thursday.
With the score tied 2-2 near the midway point of the third frame,
Hedman's long slapper broke the game's second tie.
His drive and forehand tally from in close 2:20 later gave the
Lightning their first two-goal margin at 10:29.
Ondrej Palat and Anthony Cirelli also scored as Tampa Bay bounced
back from a 4-3 shootout loss in St. Louis on Tuesday.
Tampa Bay won its fourth straight on home ice and has six wins in
the last seven there.
After getting Tuesday's game off, goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy was back
and stopped 26 of 28 shots.
Alex Killorn played in his 663rd game for the Lightning, breaking a
tie for fifth place with Pavel Kubina for the most in franchise
history. Zach Bogosian played in his 700th NHL game.
Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich notched goals, and Robert Thomas
and Scott Perunovich each added two helpers for St. Louis, which
lost for the first time in six games against the Eastern Conference
team.
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With No. 1 goalie Jordan Binnington placed in COVID-19 protocol
earlier in the day, backup Ville Husso started and surrendered four
goals on 35 shots.
In the first period, Ross Colton's pass through the crease from the
right side found its way back to Palat, who shoveled in his fifth
goal of the season at 7:16.
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Blues goaltender Ville Husso (35) looks on against the Tampa Bay
Lightning during the first period at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit:
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
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Tampa Bay went on the game's first power play late
in the frame after Niko Mikkola went off for two minutes for
high-sticking Alex Barre-Boulet. But the Stanley Cup champs
generated only one shot on Husso, and the Blues' penalty-kill unit
kept it a one-goal game.
In the second, St. Louis gained momentum and tied the game on its
second power play. With Barre-Boulet in the box for tripping, Thomas
threaded a perfect pass through the skates of Hedman. Camped all
alone in the low slot, Saad easily tapped in his ninth tally at
14:07 to make it 1-1.
On their third man advantage, Cirelli took a pass from Killorn and
fired home his eighth goal at 4:26 of the third, but Buchnevich
blasted a power-play goal off the stick of Lightning defenseman Erik
Cernak at 7:16.
--Field Level Media
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