Summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning opened their Western Conference road trip with an emphatic 6-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, and history was made along the way. On today's Daily Strike, Steve Versnick breaks down a dominant road win highlighted by another milestone night from Nikita Kucherov. Kucherov recorded a three-point performance to reach 1,137 career points, tying Steven Stamkos for the most points in franchise history. Remarkably, Kucherov reached the mark in 888 games, accomplishing the feat 194 games faster than Stamkos. The Lightning offense erupted with six goals, including a pair from Anthony Cirelli, while captain Victor Hedman added to the scoring as Tampa Bay pulled away with a huge second period. Hear postgame reaction from Head Coach Jon Cooper, John Carlson, and Victor Hedman following the statement win. Meanwhile, Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 32 of 34 shots to earn his second straight victory and improve to 5-2 on the season. In Today's Episode: Full recap of the Lightning's 6-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights Nikita Kucherov ties Steven Stamkos' franchise record with 1,137 career points Kucherov reaches the milestone in 194 fewer games than Stamkos Anthony Cirelli scores twice in the victory but doesn't play in the 3rd period Victor Hedman finds the back of the net as the Bolts score six goals on the road Postgame reaction from Jon Cooper, John Carlson, and Hedman Andrei Vasilevskiy stops 32 shots for his fifth win of the season Preview of Friday night's showdown with the Colorado Avalanche New Block Party Podcast featuring Conor Geekie discussing his engagement, development, and jersey number change to 94 This Day in Lightning History: The Lightning defeat the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018 while setting an NHL record with 33 shots in one period and a franchise-record 55 shots in the game Syracuse Crunch visit the Laval Rocket tonight in AHL action The Bolts are rolling once again and now head to Colorado looking to continue their winning ways while Nikita Kucherov stands one point away from becoming the all-time leading scorer in Tampa Bay Lightning history. Subscribe to Daily Strike for daily Lightning news, game recaps, player interviews, prospect updates, and everything happening around the organization. #TampaBayLightning #GoBolts #NHL #LightningHockey #NikitaKucherov #StevenStamkos #AnthonyCirelli #VictorHedman #AndreiVasilevskiy #JonCooper #VegasGoldenKnights #DailyStrike #BoltsNation #HockeyPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.