Utah claws back from 3-1
The Utah Mammoth beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 in overtime at Delta Center, and Dmitriy Simashev was the hero. He scored twice, tying the game late in the second period and finishing it with a wrist shot 1:44 into the extra frame.
Tampa Bay raced out to a 3-1 lead in the first period, with Pontus Holmberg and Brayden Point (on the power play) scoring after Kailer Yamamoto had briefly tied it for Utah. Dylan Guenther answered on the power play to make it 3-2 before the first break.
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A back-and-forth second period
The Lightning stretched the lead to 4-2, but Utah scored again, then Simashev leveled it at 4-4 before the second ended. The third period was scoreless, and the game went to overtime. Barrett Hayton and goalie Karel Vejmelka picked up the assists on the winner.
Vejmelka made 29 saves on 32 shots. Dennis Hildeby stopped 23 of 28 for Tampa Bay. The AP named Simashev, Yamamoto and Vincent Trocheck, who had two assists, as the three stars.
Kucherov makes history
Nikita Kucherov assisted on Point’s goal, giving him 1,138 career points. That moved him one past Steven Stamkos and made him the Lightning’s all-time franchise points leader.
Utah improves to 8-4-0 and hosts Minnesota on Tuesday. Tampa Bay falls to 7-3-1 and welcomes Winnipeg on Thursday.
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