Anaheim opened the scoring 6:03 into the game on a redirection by forward Troy Terry, but the Lightning tied the score eight minutes later on the power play. Hedman got the puck at the left point and fed forward Brandon Hagel in the right corner, where the latter passed the puck to Anthony Cirelli at the back post for a tap-in and a tie game.

The Tampa Bay Lightning got back in the win column on Thursday night, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena to earn a season series split with their Western Conference opponent. Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in the three-round shootout.

This was a high-shot volume, high-chance game that featured terrific goaltending from Andrei Vasilevskiy and Lukas Dostal. The teams each scored three goals through 60 minutes but easily could have exceeded that total. In the end, the Lightning netted the only goal in the shootout to secure a crucial second point in the standings.

The Ducks fought back in the third period to earn a point, but fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at Amalie Arena. NHL GAMECENTER | DUCKS STREAM The loss dropped Anaheim to 18-2

ANAHEIM, Calif. —The Lightning went winless on their three-game trip to California and have dropped four straight after a 4-1 loss to the Ducks Sunday night in Anaheim. Tampa Bay was outscored by a cumulative 8-3 in falling to San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim. Its four-game losing streak matches its longest of the season from Nov. 1-7.

Frank Vatrano had two goals and assist after signing a three-year contract extension Sunday, John Gibson picked up his 200th NHL win and the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1.

The loss is the fourth straight for Tampa Bay. Troy Terry and Frank Vatrano scored in the first period for the home team, but Lightning forward Jake Guentzel’s power-play goal in the second period halved the Ducks’ advantage.

Victor Hedman set a Lightning franchise mark for assists with his 600th as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout. Troy Terry got the Ducks on the board with a first-period goal.

The Lightning’s downward spiral continued Sunday, January 5th, suffering a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center. Jake Guentzel’s goal provided a fleeting moment of ...

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