Minnesota 2, at Tampa Bay 3

TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — John Carlson scored twice, Nikita Kucherov handed out two assists and Dennis Hildeby made 34 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Thursday at Benchmark International Arena. Tampa Bay won its third straight game and improved to 3-1. Minnesota fell to 2-2. The announced attendance was 19,092. Carlson, a defenseman, recorded his 11th career multi-goal game and finished with nine shots on goal and three hits. His second goal stood as the game-winner after Minnesota twice cut into the Tampa Bay lead. Anthony Cirelli also scored for Tampa Bay, giving… Read more...