Old friend Mathieu Joseph was the difference as he scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Ottawa Senators, 4-2. The ex-Bolt scored the eventual game-winner on a breakaway in the latter stages of the third period as the Lightning lost their second game in a row at home. Mitchell Chaffee and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves on 24 shots.
Anton Forsberg was solid in net for the Senators with 24 saves on 26 shots while Tim Stutzle and Vladimir Tarasenko bookended Joseph’s two goals. The loss was costly for the Bolts as Toronto won to move three points clear of them in the playoff race and Detroit closed within one point in the Wild Card standings with their victory.