Coming off of a 6-2 victory over the Florida Panthers in their previous contest, the Philadelphia Flyers set their sights on defeating another Atlantic Division squad as they played against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Amalie Arena. The Flyers were hoping to avenge a shutout 1-0 loss to Tampa the last time both sides met this year and tie the season series up at one. Carter Hart received the start from Head Coach Alain Vigneault and opposed Andrei Vasilevskiy in the other crease.
The Bolts outperformed the Flyers through a large portion of the period, and it showed on the scoreboard in the form of a 2-0 lead through the opening 20 minutes.