The Tampa Bay Lightning had plenty of offense on Tuesday.
Jake Guentzel scored a hat-trick and the Lightning scored twice on the power play to carry the home team over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
The Lightning built a 3-0 lead behind a pair of goals by Guentzel and another for Nikita Kucherov before the Devils scored a late goal in the second period.
Darren Raddysh and Guentzel’s hat-trick goal closed the game in the third.
Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves for Tampa Bay, which improves to10-7-2 this season with the win.
Scoring summary
First period
TBL 1, NJD 0
11:40 Jake Guentzel (9) – Unassisted
Tampa Bay opened the scoring on a breakaway goal for Jake Guentzel.
TBL 2, NJD 0
19:38 Nikita Kucherov (9) – Anthony Cirelli
Tampa Bay scored in the final minute of the period after a quality forecheck gave Nikita Kucherov a shot all alone in front of the Devils’ net.
Shots on goal: NJD 14, TBL 7
Second period
TBL 3, NJD 0
Guentzel (10) – Darren Raddysh, Oliver Bjorkstrand – PP
Tampa Bay’s power-play group extended the lead when Guentzel’s second goal of the night came after a shot-pass by Darren Raddysh.
TBL 3, NJD 1
17:47 Nico Hischier (4) – Arseny Gritsyuk, Jesper Bratt
The Devils got on the scoreboard when the puck bounced off the skate of captain Nico Hischier, hit a Lightning player’s glove and crossed the goal line.
Shots on goal: NJD 13, TBL 10
Third period
TBL 4, NJD 1
4:49 Raddysh (2) – Brayden Point, JJ Moser
Raddysh got his second goal of the season on a slap shot from the top of the offensive zone, pushing the home team’s advantage to three goals.
TBL 5, NJD 1
7:48 Guentzel (11) – Kucherov, Raddysh
Guentzel finished off the hat-trick with another top-shelf finish on the power play.
Total shots: NJD 32, TBL 28