TAMPA, Fla. -- Nikita Kucherov stopped an 11-game goal drought, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his NHL-best 32nd victory, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday night.
Yanni Gourde, Adam Erne, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman also scored for the Lightning, who returned home after a 5-3 trip.
Vancouver's Brock Boeser scored his 26th goal and Anders Nilsson stopped 31 shots.
Kucherov opened the scoring on his 28th goal by converting a rebound 14:36 into the first period.