SUNRISE — Nikita Kucherov scored earlier than he was ejected for kneeing Matthew Tkachuk, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 in a chippy sport on Monday evening.
Jake Guentzel and Mitchell Chaffee additionally scored for Tampa Bay in its fifth win in six video games. Brandon Hagel had an empty-netter, and Anthony Cirelli and Victor Hedman collected two assists apiece.
Jonas Johansson made 36 saves in his first shutout of the season and No. 4 for his profession.
Florida had received 4 in a row, together with a 4-2 victory at Tampa Bay on Sunday.
Tkachuk needed to be helped off the ice and to the dressing room after Kucherov crashed into his proper leg late within the first interval. Kucherov was given a five-minute main penalty and a sport misconduct for the hit, and Tkahcuk returned a pair minutes into the second.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 stops for the Panthers.
Takeaways
Lighting: Hagel scored a short-handed objective with 5:42 left. The Lighting allowed two short-handed targets within the opener of the home-and-home set.
Panthers: Went 0 for 4 on the facility play. They obtained off to a sluggish begin after which performed higher within the second interval, however couldn’t end their offensive probabilities.
Key second
Chaffee made it 3-0 along with his seventh objective of the season 16:24 into the primary interval. It was Tampa Bay’s ninth power-play objective in December and No. 26 on the season.
Key stat
The Lightning had been assessed 9 penalties for a complete of 37 minutes, and the Panthers had been known as for 9 penalties for 26 minutes.
Up subsequent
The Panthers host Montreal on Saturday after the league’s vacation break.