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Kucherov Tallies 2 as Lightning Rally to Double Vancouver Canucks 4-2
Kucherov scored twice and Guentzel added the third-period winner as Tampa Bay erased a two-goal deficit and handed Vancouver its sixth straight road loss.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Saturday at Benchmark International Arena, with Nikita Kucherov scoring twice and Jake Guentzel netting the go-ahead goal early in the third period.
- Vancouver opened with a 2-0 lead after centre Elias Pettersson scored early in the second period, but the Lightning rallied to tie the game before intermission, holding a 26-12 shots advantage after 40 minutes.
- Goaltender Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 of 35 shots in the loss for the Canucks, while Dennis Hildeby made 12 saves to earn the win. Pontus Holmberg added an insurance goal with 4:03 remaining.
- This defeat concluded a winless six-game road swing for Vancouver. The Canucks played without injured defenceman Thatcher Demko and sick forward Rossi, while forward Jake DeBrusk celebrated his 30th birthday on Saturday.
- Vancouver hosts the Carolina Hurricanes at Rogers Arena on Tuesday at 7 p.m., returning to action after the team pulled goaltender Kevin Lankinen in favour of an extra attacker but failed to draw closer.
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- 59% of the sources lean Left
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L 59%
C 29%
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