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It was nearly Vasilevskiy's second shutout in
the Lightning's last three games until Andrei Svechnikov scored
with 1:30 remaining as Carolina went with an extra skater.
Alex Killorn and Anthony Cirelli scored for the Lightning.
Game 3 is Thursday night in Tampa, Fla.
Hurricanes goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 13 saves.
The Lightning are 6-1 in the playoffs when going into the third
period with the lead. The Hurricanes have lost consecutive home
games after winning all three home outings in the first round
against the Nashville Predators.
Vasilevskiy blanked the Florida Panthers in last week's Game 6
clincher in the first round. He was the winner again Sunday in
the 2-1 series opener against the Hurricanes.
The second Tampa Bay goal came when Carolina defenseman Brady
Skjei couldn't control the puck near the blue line and Cirelli
converted with 11:54 remaining in the third period. It was his
third goal of this postseason.
Killorn's goal came slightly more than seven minutes into the
second period. He fired a shot from high in the slot, with the
puck making it through traffic. Steven Stamkos picked up the
assist.
It was Killorn's fifth goal of this postseason, giving the left
winger a share of the team lead in that category.
Carolina has surrendered the first goal in seven of its eight
playoff games this year.
Nedeljkovic kept it a one-goal margin later in the period by
stopping Nikita Kucherov's attempt as he charged in unchecked.
The Hurricanes held a 21-11 edge in shots on goal through two
periods.
There were a total of 14 first-period shots, with Carolina
credited with eight of those. The only power play came in the
last two minutes of the period, when Killorn went to the box.
--Field Level Media
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