Ryan McDonagh cleaned up a rebound 8:24 into the contest to give the Lightning the lead against the run of play.
The game changed once Tampa Bay scored the opening goal. You need your goalie to make those saves until we get our legs." "They pushed, and Moose was there for us. "We actually talked about that as a staff and a team, we knew we had to weather that first six minutes, just short turnaround for us, kind of a tough trip, sneaky back-to-back, long airport rides," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. Elliott, who came to Tampa Bay this offseason after four seasons with the Flyers, was strong in his return to Philadelphia, helping to settle the Bolts down. The Lightning leaned on backup netminder Brian Elliott through the rough start. The Flyers held the puck in the offensive zone for large stretches and were generating decent scoring chances. The Bolts appeared to be stuck in mud at times, thinking about what their next move would be rather than reacting decisively and playing quickly. Philadelphia controlled play against the sluggish Lightning. Video: McDonagh tucks home a rebound at side of netįor the first six minutes of Sunday's contest, it appeared the final result could have been similar but in the other direction. Here's how pretty much everything went right for the Lightning Sunday night in Philly. Elliott hasn't been defeated in regulation in four-straight starts, going 3-0-1 since November 6. PHI).īrian Elliott took a shutout over 47 minutes and finished with a Lightning season-high 38 saves on 39 shots to win against his former team.
Jan Rutta finished plus-five, becoming just the 13th Tampa Bay player all-time to record a plus-five or better rating (Matt Carle owns the record at plus-6 Jan. Tampa Bay collected its 1,000th regular season victory in franchise history.įour separate Lightning skaters put up three-point nights: Corey Perry (2-1-3 pts.), Ryan McDonagh (1-2-3 pts.), Victor Hedman (0-3-3 pts.) and Ross Colton (0-3-3 pts.).
The Bolts swept the three-game season series and have now won 10 in a row in the regular season over the Flyers, their lengthiest active run against one team. The Lightning scored twice in the opening period, chased Philadelphia starting goalie Carter Hart after going up 5-0 midway through the second and tacked on two more goals in the third to match the largest margin of victory for a road contest in franchise history.