Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 29 shots he faced to guide the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-0 shutout win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night at Amalie Arena.
Nick Paul opened the scoring for Tampa Bay at 14:27 of the first period, beating New Jersey goaltender Jacob Markstrom with an even-strength wrist shot off assists from Jake Guentzel and Emil Lilleberg. The game remained a one-goal contest through the second period as both defenses held firm.
Tampa Bay pulled away in the third period with three additional goals. Darren Raddysh scored his first goal of the season just 39 seconds into the frame on a slap shot set up by Nikita Kucherov and Anthony Cirelli. Victor Hedman extended the lead to 3-0 on the power play at 7:40, firing a slap shot past Markstrom with assists from Kucherov and Guentzel. Cirelli capped the scoring at 19:48 of the period with an even-strength goal assisted by Brandon Hagel and Hedman.
Vasilevskiy completed the clean sheet with 29 saves, while Markstrom stopped 23 of 26 shots for New Jersey before the final goal. The Lightning converted on 1 of 3 opportunities on the power play, while their penalty kill held the Devils scoreless on 4 power-play chances.
The victory pushed Tampa Bay to a 9-6-1 record and extended their winning streak to two games. The Lightning also improved to 2-0 against New Jersey this season following an 8-5 win on Oct. 22. The loss dropped the Devils to 12-7-2.
