Brayden Point's hat trick leads the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 6-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Point scores his first goal of the game in the first period, tying the game 1-1. In the second period, Point scores two more goals, giving the Lightning a 4-1 lead. The Senators manage to score two goals in the third period, but the Lightning secure the win with a power play goal from Nikita Kucherov. This victory marks the Lightning's first road win of the season.
#GoBolts provide a response, and then respond to that response with an answer as Point and Kucherov respond to being broken up with a huge night offensively to secure first #TBLightning road win https://t.co/v4IURwVdb6
#GoBolts provide a response, and then respond to that response with an answer as Point and Kucherov respond to being broken up with a huge night offensively to secure first #TBLightning road win https://t.co/v4IURwVL0E
THE BREAKDOWN: The Senators take one on the chin from Tampa Bay Lightning https://t.co/qyLaJYtmLt #Sens
#GoBolts provide a response, and then respond to that response with an answer as Point and Kucherov respond to being broken up with a huge night offensively to secure first #TBLightning road win https://t.co/v4IURwVdb6 https://t.co/9f00StLWPZ
THE BREAKDOWN: The Senators take one on the chin from Tampa Bay Lightning https://t.co/qyLaJYtmLt
Sabres overcome Auston Matthews' hat trick to beat Leafs https://t.co/xCltHzc5TW https://t.co/1eGDBjwsbr
Brayden Point’s hat trick boosts Lightning past Sens https://t.co/PwDE6hxHWn https://t.co/ecp7GxnRcU
Matthew Tkachuk makes it 4-2 with 7:32 to go…
With 7:31 left, Tkachuk scores and its now 4-2
Tkachuk cuts the deficit to 4-2. 7:31 left. 500th NHL point for Tkachuk.
The #GoBolts get their first road win of the season tonight, winning in Ottawa 6-4. Brayden Point with a hat trick, Nikita Kucherov with a 5-point game. Off day tomorrow before trip ends with back-to-back in Toronto and Montreal.
That'll do it from Ottawa as the #Bolts get back in the win column with a 6-4 win over the Senators. Five-point night for Nikita Kucherov and a hat trick + four-point game for Brayden Point.
#GoBolts pick up the victory in Ottawa, 6-4 as Brayden Point gets the hat trick, five points for Nikita Kucherov and the first #TBLightning road game of the season. I'll be on The Last Call on @BoltsRadio with Chief in about 30 minutes @1025TheBone
#Bolts come right back as ABB finds Nikita Kucherov with 8:36 remaining and he makes it 6-3. Five-point night for Kucherov, the fourth of his career.
Tkachuk buries his second goal of the night and fourth against the #Bolts this season. 5-3 game with 8:52 left in the third.
Tkachuk and it's 5-3 Bolts #Sens
a power play goal for the Senators 5-3 Tampa Bay Lightning
Tkachuk doesn't want to drop the gloves with Jeannot and Jeannot gets two for unsportsmanlike, sending the Sens back to the power play with 10:05 remaining.
Jeannot is back in the box so the #Bolts will have to kill off this penalty
Point deflects a shot into the net from Stamkos on the power play so he has the HAT TRICK 5-2 Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point hat trick! He redirects a shot from Steven Stamkos and makes it a 5-2 game on the power play. Second career hat trick for Point.
But #GoBolts will go right back to the power play at 8:14, hooking call on Hamonic
Power play expires, score remains 4-2 #GoBolts
Now the #Bolts will get a chance on the power play as Ottawa gets whistled for too many men on the ice with 14:24 left in the third.
#GoBolts head to the power play as Ottawa called for too many men on the ice at 5:36
#Bolts back on the PK as Jeannot gets two for this cross check with 17:05 left in regulation. https://t.co/UH8mIocwwC
a cross checking penalty on Jeannot so the #Bolts will go to the PK for the second time tonight
Jeannot called for cross checking to put Ottawa on the power play at 2:55
the Senators score less than two minutes into this third period 4-2 Tampa Bay Lightning
Even strength numbers in the second period Shot attempts: 27-16 #GoBolts Shots on goal: 16-7 TB Scoring chances: 18-5 #tblightning High Danger chances: 8-2 TB Expected goals: TB 1.61 Ottawa 0.64 https://t.co/24W3MnBGDY
#Bolts head to the locker room with a 4-1 lead and a 32-15 shot advantage. Three-point nights for Kucherov and Point. Kucherov has 18 points (3G, 15A) over his last 10 games vs. OTT and Point has 17 (8G, 9A).
That's two goals on the night for Brayden Point as he jams the puck into the back of the net with 1:41 left in the second to push the #Bolts lead to 4-1.
Point scores his SECOND goal of the game 4-1 Tampa Bay Lightning
a power play for the #Bolts with 7:15 on the clock
First #GoBolts power play chance of the night comes as Giroux called for hooking at 12:45
Goal scorer Brayden Point has entered the building. He uses his speed to dart down the ice after a nice pass from Kucherov and, on a 2-on-1 with Hagel, he goes shot the whole way and beats Korpisalo to make it 2-1 #Bolts with 19:28 left in the second.
Point with the goal 32 seconds into this second period, it is his 2nd point of the game and his 11th point of the season 2-1 Tampa Bay Lightning
2-1 Bolts. Point #Sens
First period numbers (all at even strength) Shot attempts: 25-15 #GoBolts Shots on goal: 15-7 #TBLightning Scoring chances: 15-7 TB High Danger chances: 7-1 TB Expected goals TB: 1.49 Ottawa: 0.38 https://t.co/dkiAyuxgKc
First period comes to a close with the #Bolts and Sens tied 1-1. Lightning have a 16-7 shot advantage and had plenty of jump in the opening 20 minutes.
A penalty-free first period comes to an end (not counting the fight), all knotted up 1-1, shots on goal currently show 16-7 in favor of #GoBolts
1-1 Bolts tie it #Sens
Tkachuk redirects a shot from Joseph and he makes it 1-0 Sens with 7:02 left in the first.
Tkachuk tips it in with 7:01 to go in first #Sens