nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Skates Past Colorado 8-2 - Recap
Jake Guentzel scored twice to lead the Lightning over Colorado 8-2 on Monday at Amalie Arena.
Tampa Bay was favored by -116 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Jake Guentzel(2), Michael Eyssimont, Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, and Nick Perbix each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Perbix opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 23-save effort for the Lightning.
Ivan Ivan(2) scored for the Avalanche, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Colorado got a 11-stop effort from Justus Annunen in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 2 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Colorado went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 33-25.
Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Capitals. Colorado, meanwhile, will have their next action against Vegas.