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Lightning storm back from 2-goal deficit to beat the Canucks 4-2

Vancouver Canucks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Guentzel scored the winner in the third period as Tampa Bay came back from a two-goal deficit.

Pontus Holmberg also scored and Brayden Point finished with two assists for Tampa Bay, which improved to 5-0 at home.

Linus Karlsson and Elias Pettersson scored while Kevin Lankinen finished with 31 saves for the Canucks, who finished winless (0-4-1) on a five-game road trip. Vancouver is winless in the past seven games (0-6-1) overall.

Guentzel picked up the winner at 2:04 of the third after Charle-Edouard D'Astous slid a pass off the wall to Guentzel for the quick snap shot that deflected off the stick of Vancouver's Liam Ohgren.

For the second consecutive game, the Canucks had a 2-0 lead they were not able to hold.

Karlsson put Vancouver up 1-0 at 15:32 of the first period with a shot from the right point. Pettersson put the Canucks up 2-0 with a power-play goal at 4:35 of the second period.

Kucherov scored twice in the span of 4:53 to pull the Lightning even. He scored his first goal off his own rebound on the power play at 6:30. Kucherov scored again as Point pulled a faceoff back to Kucherov for the quick shot at 11:23.

Holmberg capped the scoring, getting to a loose puck off a faceoff and beating Lankinen through the pads at 15:57.

Up next Canucks: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

Lightning: Travel to face the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.

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Regular Season Series

TB leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 15:32 Linus Karlsson Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Paul Cotter (3), Filip Chytil (2)
Goal 2nd Period 4:35 Elias Pettersson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Lekkerimaki (4), Brock Boeser (5)
Goal 2nd Period 6:30 Nikita Kucherov Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (5), Jake Guentzel (5)
Goal 2nd Period 11:23 Nikita Kucherov Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Brayden Point (4)
Goal 3rd Period 2:04 Jake Guentzel Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Brayden Point (5)
Goal 3rd Period 15:57 Pontus Holmberg Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

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16 Blocked Shots 21
17 Hits 21
3 Takeaways 2
14 Shots 35
1 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 1
50.0 Power Play Percentage 100.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
20 Faceoffs Won 33
37.7 Faceoff Win Percent 62.3
13 Giveaways 11
2 Total Penalties 3
4 Penalty Minutes 6
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Yanni Gourde, C Injured Reserve Sep 28
Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Marco Rossi, C Out Oct 17
Jack Thompson, D Injured Reserve Sep 29
Akil Thomas, C Injured Reserve Sep 29
Mackenzie MacEachern, LW Injured Reserve Sep 29
Thatcher Demko, G Injured Reserve Sep 28

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

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

2026-27 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 0 2 14 7
Edmonton 1 1 11 5
Seattle 1 2 11 5
Anaheim 0 3 8 4
San Jose 0 3 8 4
Vancouver 1 7 5 2
Los Angeles 2 3 2 0
Calgary 0 6 2 1

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Boston 0 2 12 6
Tampa Bay 0 2 12 6
Ottawa 0 2 12 6
Florida 2 2 10 4
Buffalo 1 3 9 4
Toronto 2 3 8 3
Montreal 1 3 7 3
Detroit 2 3 6 2
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