nhl Game Recap
Recap - Lightning Defeat New York 4-1
The Islanders came up short Monday against the Lightning, falling 4-1.
Tampa Bay was favored by -136 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Mathieu Joseph, and Steven Stamkos each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Joseph opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 25-save effort for the Lightning.
Mathew Barzal scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 of 28 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-4, while the Islanders were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 28-26.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act on the road to face Philadelphia looking for another win. For New York, they head on the road to face Florida.