The Tampa Bay Lightning ran out of luck at the table, losing their first in 12 games to the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 5-3 on Thursday night. The Lightning played a good, tight game with the Golden Knights, but let a few lapses in energy take the game away from them, or at least a chance for some points near the end.
The Lightning gave up three killer goals before and after the second intermission. First, Steven Stamkos scored a power play goal to tie the game at one with less than five minutes to go in the period, but then the team immediately gave up a goal to Paul Stastny less than a minute later.