Vegas Golden Knights right wing Victor Olofsson (95) pushes Tampa Bay Lightning center Gage Goncalves (93) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 23, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tomas Hertl scored again and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday.
Hertl continued his hot streak one night after netting his second hat trick this season, as he scored his team-high 31st goal midway through the first period to give Vegas a 2-0 lead.
Nic Roy opened the scoring with his 11th goal of the season midway through the first while Jack Eichel scored his 24th to give the Golden Knights a 3-0 lead. Nic Hague added an empty-netter for Vegas while Ilya Samsonov made 35 saves in his 199th career game.
Nick Paul and Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa Bay while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 shots.
Takeaways
Lightning: The Lightning were closing out a three-game road trip after stops in Dallas and Salt Lake City, including Saturday’s 6-4 loss to the Utah Hockey Club. Tampa Bay has now lost five of its last eight.
Golden Knights: Vegas improved to 11-3-2 since Feb. 6. The 24 points are the fifth highest in the league in that span.
Key moment
Hertl, who has seven goals in the team’s last four home games, left late in the third period with what appeared to be an upper-body injury. After having his breakaway attempt stymied by Vasilevskiy, Hertl slammed into the boards after being shoved by Tampa Bay defenseman Emil Lilleberg, who was assessed a penalty for boarding.
Key stat
Though both teams boast two of the most potent power-play units — the Golden Knights rank 2nd in the NHL while Tampa Bay ranks 5th – the teams combined to go 2 for 8 with a man advantage.
Up next
Golden Knights play at Minnesota on Tuesday to open a three-game trip, and Lightning host Pittsburgh to open a three-game homestand.
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Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) skates around the goal during a timeout during an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored twice and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Saturday.
Nick Perbix and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Lightning. Jonas Johansson made 35 stops.
Marc Gatcomb, Anthony DeAngelo and Ryan Pulock scored for the Islanders, who lost their fourth straight game. Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves.
The Lightning won their third straight and matched the idle Florida Panthers’ 91 points atop the tight Atlantic Division, where the Toronto Maple Leafs entered Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings just a point back.
Takeaways
Islanders: At 32-20-10, New York is in fifth place in the Eastern Conference wild-card race with 74 points. The Islanders trail Ottawa (81), Columbus (75), Montreal (75) and the New York Rangers (75) with Saturday’s slate of games remaining.
Lightning: After a rematch with the Islanders on Monday in the opener of a four-game trip, Tampa Bay is at Ottawa, Buffalo and the Rangers, through a week from Monday.
Key moment
Kucherov and Perbix scored in the first 7:31 of the game to give the Lightning an early advantage. Point scored late in the first and second periods to extend the advantage to four goals before the Islanders clawed back with three unanswered goals in the first nine minutes of the third, making it 4-3. Guentzel’s empty-netter sealed the win.
Key stat
Kucherov scored on the Islanders’ first shot, at 2:02 of the first to fuel the fast start.
Up next
The Lightning play at the Islanders on Tuesday. New York is at the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Colorado Rockies’ Kyle Farmer lines an RBI single off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Garrett Cleavinger during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brenton Doyle and Kyle Farmer each hit an RBI single to help the Colorado Rockies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Saturday.
Doyle drove in Nick Martini with a grounder back up the middle in the third inning. Farmer’s liner to right in the seventh brought home Hunter Goodman for a 2-0 lead.
Tampa Bay finished with 12 hits in its second regular-season game at the spring training home of the New York Yankees. But the Rays went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left 12 runners on base.
Tampa Bay is playing at Steinbrenner Field after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Field roof on Oct. 9. It beat Colorado 3-2 on Friday on opening day on Kameron Misner’s game-ending homer in the ninth inning.
Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela was tagged for nine hits in 4 1/3 innings on Saturday. He also walked two, but he managed to keep the Rays off the scoreboard.
Tampa Bay scored in the eighth on Taylor Walls’ two-out RBI single off Angel Chivilli. Jonny DeLuca followed with a walk, but Seth Halvorsen escaped the jam by retiring Yandy Díaz on a grounder to first.
Halvorsen also worked a perfect ninth for his third career save. Luis Peralta (1-0) got two outs for the win.
Tampa Bay wasted a sharp performance by Zack Littell (0-1), who struck out seven in six crisp innings.
Key moment
Junior Caminero was cut down at the plate when he tried to score from first on Jonathan Aranda’s double in the first. Aranda was thrown out by Martini when he tried to score on Misner’s single to right in the third.
Key stat
Díaz led off for Tampa Bay and went 0 for 5, but he was hurt by some strong defense for Colorado. Farmer, Ryan McMahon and Michael Toglia robbed Díaz of hits, and Doyle made a diving grab on him leading off the fifth.
Up next
Ryan Feltner, who fanned a career-high 10 in his last appearance against Tampa Bay, takes the mound for Colorado on Sunday. The Rays will start Taj Bradley in the series finale.
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