SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov broke a tie with 56 seconds left and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Saturday.
Tomas Hagel set up Kucherov for a tap-in on a 2-on-1.
Victor Hedman, Ross Colton and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lighting and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves.
Erik Karlsson scored twice for San Jose, Nico Sturm added a goal and James Reimer made 22 saves.
Hedman opened the scoring 32 seconds into the game, and Karlsson tied it 50 seconds later on a blast from the point.
Colton gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead with 6:16 left in the first period. Sturm tied it with his fifth of the season at 5:36 of the second, and Killorn put the Lightning back in front with 1:19 left in the second.
Karlsson tied it again on a power play at 4:34 of the third. He has six goals.
100 CLUB:
San Jose coach David Quinn remains a victory shy of the century mark.
UP NEXT
Sharks: Continue six-game homestand against Anaheim on Tuesday night.
Lightning: Begin a four-game homestand against Ottawa on Tuesday night.
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