Kucherov’s Overtime Goal Lifts Lightning Past Wild

The Lightning recovered from a 3-1 third-period deficit to defeat the Wild 4-3, with Kucherov scoring the winner 3:23 into overtime. He took a pass from Jake Guentzel in the slot and scored his first goal in seven games.

Guentzel finished with two goals and an assist, while defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous had a goal and two assists. Brayden Point and John Carlson each recorded two assists, and Dennis Hildeby made 19 saves.

Minnesota had gone ahead 2-0 less than three minutes into the game, on goals by Blake Coleman and Maxim Shabanov. Shabanov scored again in the third to make it 3-1. Guentzel narrowed the gap with a tip-in, and D’Astous tied the game with a power-play goal with 3:31 left in regulation.

Tampa Bay has won three straight and is 4-0-2 over its past six games. Minnesota sits atop the Western Conference at 28 points, had won three in a row and was 6-0-2 in its previous eight. Calvin Pickard stopped 30 shots for Minnesota.

The Lightning continue their four-game trip at Winnipeg on November 8. Minnesota begins a three-game trip in Montreal on November 10.