Tampa Bay Lightning Hand The Philadelphia Flyers Second Consecutive Shutout Loss

Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his sixth shutout of the season after stopping 21 shots as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 on Monday night.

Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, which has won eight of the past nine games at home. Vasilevskiy recorded his 39th career shutout to tie Jocelyn Thibault for 49th on the all-time list.

Ivan Fedotov finished with 21 saves for the Flyers, who have been shutout in back-to-back games. Philadelphia has lost seven of the past eight games.

Kucherov scored his 29th of the season, converting on a breakaway with 1:29 left in the first period. Guentzel scored his 15th power-play goal of the season, tying Leon Draisaitl for the league lead, with an empty-net goal with 1:30 left in the third.

By Neal Nachman

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