The Lightning had the early lead through the first period and a half of Sunday’s match against the Vancouver Canucks, but a very rough third period saw the Lightning give up five goals to go down 6-2. As a result of Vancouver dominating that third period, they went on to defeat Tampa Bay with that 6-2 deficit.
Nikita Kucherov got the Lightning’s offense started on Sunday with his eighth goal of the year. A slap shot assisted by Darren Raddysh and Brayden Point put Tampa on top of Vancouver 1-0.