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Lightning beat Senators 5-1 to sweep 2-game series in Florida

Ottawa Senators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Tampa Bay moved into a tie with Ottawa for third place in the Atlantic Division. The Lightning beat the Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Mitchell Chaffee and Erik Cernak also scored for Tampa Bay, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves.

Michael Amadio scored for Ottawa, and Anton Forsberg stopped 26 shots.

Guentzel opened the scoring with a power play goal on a rebound, his NHL-leading 13th power play goal, at 9:23 of the first period.

Amadio tied it with a tip of Thomas Chabot's shot at 5:27 of the second. Hagel regained the lead off a stretch pass from Ryan McDonagh for a breakaway goal with 9:44 left in the period.

Point scored with 4:16 left, and Cernak added an empty-net goal with 52 seconds remaining. Chaffee scored with 26 seconds left.

Takeaways Senators: Center Shane Pinto sat out after leaving in the first period Tuesday with a lower-body injury.

Lightning: Center Anthony Cirelli, who is scheduled to represent Canada at the Four Nations Faceoff next week, missed the game with an upper-body injury. … Forward Conor Sheary was recalled and appeared in his first NHL game since Nov. 30.

Key moment Tampa Bay just failed to convert on a power play chance with the score tied. As Jake Sanderson exited the penalty box, the Lightning lost coverage behind the play and allowed a 2-on-1 chance. But Vasilevskiy stopped the open chance from Matthew Highmore at 9:05 of the second. Hagel scored 1:09 later.

Key stat The Lightning are 7-1-1 in the past nine home games.

Up next Both teams are in action Saturday. Ottawa is at Florida, and Tampa Bay is at Detroit.

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:23 Jake Guentzel Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Point (26), Nikita Kucherov (53)
Goal 2nd Period 5:27 Michael Amadio Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Tim Stützle (38), Thomas Chabot (23)
Goal 2nd Period 10:14 Brandon Hagel Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McDonagh (14), Andrei Vasilevskiy (2)
Goal 3rd Period 15:44 Brayden Point Goal (29) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (54), Gage Goncalves (4)
Goal 3rd Period 19:08 Erik Cernak Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Brayden Point (27)
Goal 3rd Period 19:34 Mitchell Chaffee Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Glendening (3), Darren Raddysh (20)

Statistics

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18 Blocked Shots 18
24 Hits 16
5 Takeaways 4
28 Shots 31
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
33 Faceoffs Won 31
51.6 Faceoff Win Percent 48.4
16 Giveaways 11
3 Total Penalties 3
6 Penalty Minutes 6

Game Information

Amalie Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Florida 34 20 71 3
Toronto 33 20 68 2
Tampa Bay 31 20 66 4
Ottawa 29 23 62 4
Detroit 28 22 61 5
Boston 27 24 60 6
Montreal 25 26 55 5
Buffalo 22 27 49 5
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