TAMPA — The Lightning promised a bounce back, and they delivered.
Tampa Bay evened up the Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff series with Detroit following a 5-1 victory in Game 2 in front of a soldout crowd of 19,204 at Amalie Arena.
Tyler Johnson scored twice while Alex Killorn and Andrej Sustr also scored for Tampa Bay. Valtteri Filppula added a goal and an assist.
Ben Bishop stopped 23 shots for his first career playoff victory.
Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazek, who stole the show with 44 saves in Game 1, was burned for four goals on 18 shots before being replaced by Jimmy Howard to start the third period.