nhl Game Recap
Colorado Falls 5-2 to Lightning - Recap
Tampa Bay earned a 5-2 victory over Colorado behind a 2-goal performance from Jake Guentzel on Wednesday at Ball Arena.
The Lightning were a -113 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Jake Guentzel(2), Anthony Cirelli, Nikita Kucherov, and Conor Geekie in the victory. Kucherov opened the scoring at 1:01 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 33-save effort for the Lightning.
Colorado got goals from Ivan Ivan, and Cale Makar in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 16 of 20 shots for the Avalanche, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-3, while the Avalanche were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Colorado outshot Tampa Bay 35-21 in the game.
Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Wild. Colorado, meanwhile, will have their next action against Nashville.