National Hockey League
Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 28, 2023
Where: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Bryan Pancich, Joe Mahon
Attendance: 19092

Brayden Point netted his team-leading 29th goal, rookie Nick Perbix had a career-high three assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning set a franchise record with their 12th consecutive home win, topping the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Saturday night.

By sweeping their three-game homestand and moving to 20-4-1 at home, the Lightning broke the record of 11 wins in a row from Dec. 23, 2019, to Feb. 15, 2020. They also split the season series with the Kings.

Tampa Bay's Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Corey Perry, Ross Colton and Victor Hedman potted even-strength markers. Steven Stamkos stretched his point streak to 11 games with a helper. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (23-12-1) made 26 saves.

Winners of eight of their past 10 games, the Lightning finished January at 9-4-0 and are 16-6-0 against the Western Conference.

Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Phillip Danault scored goals for Los Angeles. Forward Rasmus Kupari played in his 100th career game, and Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots.

The Kings fell to 2-2-3 in the second game of a back-to-back set.

In their final game before the All-Star break, the Lightning took advantage of a sloppy pass by the Kings' Sean Walker to grab a 1-0 lead at 5:02 of the first.

The defenseman's pass behind Quick's net hit the wall and struck the cage -- leaving it behind the net. Kucherov retrieved it and fed Point, who jammed it in.

Tampa Bay added on when Perbix stole a pass and found Bellemare. The French-born winger zipped in his third goal at 6:21 to push the lead to 2-0.

But Anderson-Dolan cut the lead in half with a shot from the left circle that handcuffed Vasilevskiy. The puck then trundled between the netminder's pads and across the goal line for Anderson-Dolan's sixth goal at 10:12.

With just over four minutes left, Perry found the net for the ninth time with a putback of Perbix's shot to reestablish the two-goal gap.

In the second period, Colton found himself alone in front of Quick, snagged a rebound and potted his 10th marker at 15:20 to give the home side a comfortable three-goal lead.

However, Danault backhanded a pass into the slot in the final minute. Tampa Bay defenseman Ian Cole inadvertently put it into the net for Danault's 14th.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Los Angeles   Tampa Bay
Jaret Anderson-Dolan 1 Points Nick Perbix 3
Jaret Anderson-Dolan 1 Goals Brayden Point 1
Drew Doughty 1 Assists Nick Perbix 3
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jonathan Quick .800 Save Percentage Andrei Vasilevskiy .929
Jonathan Quick 20 Saves Andrei Vasilevskiy 26
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Los Angeles 28 2 0-2 2-2 14 24
Tampa Bay 25 5 0-2 2-2 14 34
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game on the road against Florida. The Lightning have a W/L % of .656 after a win and .688 after a loss.
  • Los Angeles will play their next game on the road against Carolina. The Kings have a W/L % of .483 after a win and .609 after a loss.