Luke Glendening scored the game-winner in the middle of the third period as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to a 6-4 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
After Steven Stamkos tied it 4-4 at 9:28, Glendening charged the net on a break 39 seconds later and tipped in his first goal on a pass from Cole Koepke, who notched his first career assist.<\/p>\n
Mikhail Sergachev, who had two assists, sent in a long empty-netter with 55 seconds left to seal the club’s 10th win in the past 11 meetings against Edmonton in Tampa (10-1-0).<\/p>\n
Nikita Kucherov tallied twice and had an assist, and Tanner Jeannot scored. Jonas Johansson made 39 saves.<\/p>\n
The Oilers’ Derek Ryan scored his first two goals this season, and James Hamblin and Evan Bouchard (200th NHL game) hit the net. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two assists.<\/p>\n
Goalie Stuart Skinner stopped 18 shots. Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch (2-1-0) lost for the first time with his new club.<\/p>\n
Ryan took a breakaway pass from Nugent-Hopkins and broke in on Johansson, barely guiding in his first goal and the club’s second short-handed one just 3:39 into the match.<\/p>\n
In only his 16th NHL game, Hamblin sent home his first career goal from the left circle at 8:31. The Edmonton native then tapped above his heart, looked skyward and raised his stick in celebration.<\/p>\n
After Darnell Nurse’s minor penalty put Tampa Bay on its third power play, the club cashed in when Kucherov slid a pass toward the crease. The puck banked off the right skate of Edmonton defenseman<\/p>\n
Mattias Ekholm and in with 51 seconds left to cut the lead in half.<\/p>\n
Despite having one less power play than the Lightning, Edmonton peppered Johansson with 19 shots while allowing 10.<\/p>\n
After Brandon Hagel went to the dressing room after being hit in the head by Cody Ceci, Kucherov tied it at 2 at four-on-four play by putting in his own rebound — his team-leading 13th goal — at 12:56 of the second.<\/p>\n
But Ryan restored Edmonton’s lead when he jammed home his second tally at 15:55.<\/p>\n
In the final frame, Jeannot’s one-timer for his third goal tied it again, but in four-on-four action, Bouchard blistered his fourth tally at 8:04 for a 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n
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