TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos scored twice to tie the Lightning record with 52 goals this season, and assisted on the game-winner as Tampa Bay beat the Islanders 4-3 last night at Tampa Bay Times Forum.
With the score tied 3-3, Tim Wallace scored, off an assist from Stamkos, at 12:10 of the third period, to give the Lightning the winner.
Matt Moulson netted his 33rd goal to put the Islanders ahead 3-2 just 43 seconds into the third, but Tampa Bay tied it on Tom Pyatt's goal at 9:08.
"We felt like we carried the play at times," Islanders defenseman Steve Staios said. "The mistakes we made were big ones. We gave them five-star chances, and that was the game for us."
Stamkos, the NHL goal leader, gave the Lightning a 2-0 lead with his second of the night and tied Vincent Lecavalier's club record 1:46 into the second.
Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo also scored for the Islanders.
Nielsen got the Islanders within 2-1 by scoring a power-play goal at 8:15 of the second. Okposo had his shot during a breakaway stopped by former Islanders goalie Dwayne Roloson, and John Tavares hit the post later in the period.
Okposo, who skated off gingerly after landing awkwardly following his breakaway, tied it at 2 with a low-slot backhander with 36 seconds left in the second.
Tavares, who had an assist to give him six assists and 11 points in his last seven games, had two in-close shots stopped by Roloson in the opening minute of the game.
Islanders defenseman Mark Streit extended his point streak to six games when he assisted on Moulson's 100th NHL goal.
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