Anton Stralman scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Yanni Gourde and Mikhail Sergachev also scored for the Lightning. Kucherov and Stralman scored 19 seconds apart during a 4 on 4. Hedman fed Kurcherov for a breakaway at 9:11 for his 23rd goal, and Stralman followed at 9:30 for his third goal to make it 2-0. The Lightning scored four goals in a 4:10 span of the second period to take a 4-0 lead, with goals from Kucherov, Stralman and Hedman coming 2:11 apart. Sergachev scored his eighth at 11:32 on a 4 on 4, Tampa Bay's third such goal of the game to put the Lightning in front 6-4 before MacKinnon answered at 14:14 with his 15th goal to make it 6-5. I'll give you all one guess who the goalie for the Lightning was. :lol2: This was the Lightning's seventh consecutive win.

 

Gabriel Landeskog had five points, his second NHL hat trick and two assists for the Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon scored twice.

Losing Ryan Callahan in the Arizona game, with an upper body injury, hurts because these defensive lapses are going happen more. With #24 on that forth line, the Lightning were the only team in the NHL with 4 legitimate lines to contend with. Not having him, last year, was as much a detriment to their season as losing Stamkos for the year. He's that big of a deal.