The Tampa Bay Lightning (45-21-6) defeated the Ottawa Senators (38-25-10) 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at Benchmark International Arena.
The Senators scored two in the first to take an early 2-0 lead. Tampa Bay answered with two in the second – goals from Brandon Hagel and Charle-Edouard D’Astous – to tie the game 2-2. In the third, Emil Lilleberg scored to break the tie, before Jake Guentzel added insurance with a goal that made it a 4-2 final score.
Lilleberg finished with three points, his first three-point game in the NHL. Andrei Vasilevskiy got the win in net, saving 26 of the 28 shots he faced.
The Lightning are back in action on Sunday evening in the second game of a back-to-back when they host the Nashville Predators. Puck drop between the Lightning and Predators is scheduled for 5:00 PM on Sunday evening at Benchmark International Arena.
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