Senators cool after hot start against Lightning, surrender 5 unanswered in loss
Point's 4 points key comeback victory, sends Ottawa to 4th loss in last 5 games
Brayden Point had a goal and three assists, Steven Stamkos extended his goal streak to five games, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Point has five goals and 11 points during a seven-game point streak and has a goal in three straight games. Stamkos has scored six times and added a pair of assists during his run.
"Definitely didn't start out great but I guess that's why you play 60 [minutes]," Point said. "I think our team did a good job to rally back, and get back in it."
Ottawa got first-period goals from Tyler Ennis and Zach Sanford, and Matt Murray stopped 17 shots.
"We came out the way we had to, we just made some bad puck decisions that ended up in the back of our net," Senators coach D.J. Smith said.
Tampa Bay was coming off a 3-2 win Saturday night at Nashville in the Stadium Series. Lightning coach Jon Cooper said the coaching staff talked about the possibility of a slow start.
"We just played an event," Cooper said of the the Lightning's first-ever outdoor game. "To come back regardless of who we're playing, it was that potential. Give Ottawa credit, they came out hard but I like the response."
After Stamkos scored from the left circle during a power play off a back-hand pass from along the right-wing boards by Kucherov at 5:18 of the second, Perry put the Lightning ahead 4-2 with 3:52 to go in the period.
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The Lightning are 14-10-2 when their opponent scores first.
Tampa Bay tied it at 2 when Kucherov scored on a back-hander 7:15 into the first and Point beat Murray from the left circle with 5:11 left in the period.
Ottawa beat Vasilevskiy on its first two shots as Ennis and Sanford scored in the opening 3:43. Ennis stopped a 13-game goal drought with a nifty redirection of Thomas Chabot's blue-line shot at 1:11.
Sergachev snapped a 40-game goal drought midway through the third.
