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TAMPA, Fla. -- On a evening when Steven Stamkos scored his NHL-major 42nd aim, the Tampa Bay Lightning broke out of a puzzling offensive funk just before finishing off the Chicago Blackhawks with a little pizazz.
Martin St. Louis scored in regulation, then delivered the shootout winner in a 4-3 victory that ended a season-large 4-game dropping streak.
The 6-time All-Star spun in front of the net, set himself and fired the puck past goalie Corey Crawford for the only goal by both crew in the shootout.
"I discover I have more achievement when I go have enjoyable with it. I feel like if I consider to maintain it simple, I beat myself," said St. Louis, who utilised related moves in the course of the NHL's SuperSkills competitors in January Brent Seabrook Authentic Jersey.
"I was just thinking about the All-Star game. There is no strain, and I just acquired out there and did some funky stuff ... and I got a good end result. I was trying to do anything similar to that."
Teddy Purcell also scored for the Tampa Bay, assisting create a 3-1 lead ahead of the Stanley Cup champions roared back on goals by Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews.
Dwayne Roloson produced 28 saves for the Lightning, then stopped Toews, Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa in the shootout.
"It's a massive win," St. Louis said http://www.blackhawksicestore.com/Blackhawks_Corey_Crawford_Jerseys. "We've been enjoying rather good hockey, we just haven't gotten the benefits. ... This time of yr, it is all about outcomes."
The reduction was the 2nd straight for Chicago following a season-very best eight-game winning streak.
Stamkos received Tampa Bay off to a quick begin with just his 2nd purpose in the final 13 games. St. Louis ended a four-game drought to break a 1-1 tie just before Purcell place the Lightning up 3-one with his 1st purpose in seven games.
It was just the 2nd time in ten video games that the Lightning, who fell out of very first spot in the Southeast Division throughout its 4-game skid, scored a lot more than two targets.
The Blackhawks were resilient soon after falling behind, but Lightning coach Guy Boucher felt his crew was, as well.
"I congratulated them because there is a large variation among being scared to shed and acting on it and currently being hungry to win http://www.blackhawksicestore.com/Blackhawks_Jonathan_Toews_Jerseys," Boucher stated. "Which is an frame of mind http://www.blackhawksicestore.com/Blackhawks_Patrick_Sharp_Jerseys, and it's not just in regulation time. It truly is not just in overtime. It really is in the shootout, also. You've received to push, and if you fail, you fail."
A bad initial time period value the Blackhawks in a three-two reduction to Florida that stopped Chicago's winning streak on Tuesday night. The Panthers scored 3 early objectives against Crawford, who gave up 3 more in the 1st 22 minutes towards Tampa Bay.
Kane scored in the opening period for Chicago. Sharp's 34th of the season pulled the Blackhawks to three-two. Toews, who had a nine-game factors streak stopped against Florida, had assists on the Blackhawks' initial two ambitions and tied it 3-all with sixteen:30 remaining in regulation.
"It truly is challenging because we worked genuinely hard to get back in that game," Toews mentioned.
"We were down by two and they had a great deal of issues going for them early in the game," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville stated. "I imagined we chipped away and did what we had to do. It would have been good to get two [factors] at the finish."
Notes
- The Blackhawks lost at Tampa Bay for the very first time since December 2005 http://www.blackhawksicestore.com/Blackhawks_Corey_Crawford_Jerseys. They had won 3 straight against the Lightning.
- Chicago D Brian Campbell was scratched due to the fact of a lower entire body injury.
- C Dave Bolland left the game with an upper-body injury and did not return.
- Lightning RW Steve Downie and D Randy Jones have been out with ankle injuries.
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