TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nick Perbix scored for the Lightning, who have won six of their last seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves in the win.
Pavel Buchnevich scored for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington allowed three goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Joel Hofer, who stopped all seven shots he faced.
Cirelli scored his 13th of the season 5:14 into the first period before Perbix made it 2-0 3:42 into the second period. Buchnevich cut the deficit in half at with 7:45 left in the second, but Goncalves responded with his first career goal just over a minute later.
Takeaways
Blues: St. Louis lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time since Jim Montgomery took over as head coach on Nov. 25.
Lightning: Left wing Jake Guentzel saw his seven-game goal-scoring streak come to an end.
Key moment
After Buchnevich cut Tampa Bay’s lead to 2-1, Goncalves, a rookie, scored his first NHL goal 1:18 later to regain a two-goal lead. Goncalves' goal was the last stz
Key stat
Kucherov has 13 assists during a six-game scoring streak.
Up next
The Blues head south to face the Florida Panthers on Friday while the Lightning host the Panthers on Sunday.
Brides, families fighting for refunds after event venue closes suddenly
“We’ve struggled so hard to scrape the money to be able to do this for her,” Irizarry said. “She’s my only girl and I wanted this so much for her.”
Couples and families who had weddings and events planned at a well-known venue that abruptly closed claim they’re out thousands of dollars and aren’t being given refunds. Annette Irizarry was supposed to hold her 15-year-old daughter’s quinceañera in August at the Clearwater location and said she’s now out the $6,160 she paid. Without that money, Irizarry said she can’t afford to have her daughter’s celebration somewhere else.
