Johnny Gaudreau was up to his old tricks on Thursday, tallying three goals to help his Calgary Flames knock off the defending back-to-back Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning by a 4–1 final score.
Gaudreau got the party started at the 7:35 mark of the first period. With the Flames on the power play, Gaudreau found some open to space to Andrei Vasilevskiy’s right and managed to bank the puck off the Lightning goaltender’s pants and into the net.
Tyler Toffoli and Rasmus Andersson picked up the helpers on Gaudreau’s 24th goal of the season, which gave the Flames an early 1–0 lead.