Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning (39-23-5), who won their second in a row and pulled within two points of the Florida Panthers for first place in the Atlantic Division with a game in hand. Tampa Bay lost to Philadelphia 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday.

Nikita Kucherov netted an unassisted first-period breakaway goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made it stand with 21 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from a loss in Philadelphia four days earlier with a 2-0 of the visiting Flyers on Monday.