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Tkachuk, who scored in the second and third
periods, moved his team-leading goal total to four and helped
the Senators earn their fourth straight home win against the
Atlantic Division rival Lightning, who lost for the second
consecutive night.
Mathieu Joseph and Tim Stutzle also scored for Ottawa, and
goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (22 saves) won for the first time
with the Senators and notched his third career assist.
Playing without team captain Steven Stamkos (lower-body injury),
the Lightning saw Tanner Jeannot notch a goal and an assist, and
Anthony Cirelli scored.
In his NHL debut, 29-year-old goalie Matt Tomkins stopped 33 of
37 shots for Tampa Bay.
Lightning coach Jon Cooper was behind the bench for his 800th
NHL game.
In the second game of back-to-backs for both clubs, the home
side struck first on a slick play by Ridly Greig in front of
Tomkins.
The second-line center gloved a pass in close from Jakob
Chychrun and slid a pass between his legs to the left side to
Tarasenko, who scored his first Ottawa goal at the 7:02 mark of
the first period.
The Lightning failed on the period's only power play and were
outshot 17-3 in the first 20 minutes.
However, just one minute into the second, Cirelli went
forehand-backhand and beat Korpisalo for his first goal this
season.
A steal by Claude Giroux on the forecheck led to Tkachuk getting
his own rebound off a skate and popping in his third goal of the
season from the right circle at 8:48, giving Ottawa a 2-1 lead.
With seven minutes left in the frame, Jeannot found a loose puck
just above the crease and lifted in his first tally to knot the
contest for the second time.
Inside the period's final minute, Tarasenko sent a pass from
below the goal line that caromed over to Joseph. The former
Lightning member then roofed his second goal for Ottawa's third
lead.
Tkachuk slashed in from the left side past defenseman Darren
Raddysh, slipping in a tally for a 4-2 lead at 12:53 of the
third.
Stutzle's second goal of the campaign -- an empty-netter --
rounded out the scoring.
--Field Level Media
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