Tampa Bay’s leading scorer broke an even first period late in the frame. Nikita Kucherov poked the puck off the tape of Flyers forward Travis Konecny’s stick at the Lightning defensive blue line and rushed down the ice on a breakaway.

Nikita Kucherov netted an unassisted first-period breakaway goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made it stand with 21 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from a loss in Philadelphia four days earlier with a 2-0 of the visiting Flyers on Monday.