TAMPA, Fla. _ The Lightning quickly balanced out a quiet trade deadline day with a nosier game night ending with a 4-3 shootout win.
Just 65 seconds into the game and 10 seconds into Tampa Bay's first power play, Brayden Point found the open net coming down the middle of the ice.
He skated toward the net with three Kings in his wake and awaited a pass from Steven Stamkos.
Point cradled the puck on his stick, first making a move to his right and then quickly sliding it against the ice to his left. And in one swift movement he scored, notching his 18th power play goal of the season and opening up the scoring for the Lightning-Kings matchup.
Point's goal only launched an exciting affair for the Lightning the rest of the night.
About seven minutes later Anthony Cirelli tipped the puck into the net off Yanni Gourde and Braydon Coburn who took a shot from the blue line.
Andrei Vasilevskiy was about 15 minutes away from logging his 19th career shutout when the Kings found their way onto the board 5:20 into the third period. And they were hard to stop once they got going.
The Kings put their second goal on the board about five minutes later, tying the game at 2-all. Thirty-six seconds later L.A.'s Austin Wagner broke the tie and put the Kings in the lead by agoal.
It didn't take long for the Lightning to tie it back up as J.T. Miller scored a goal off a one-timer, notching his 11th goal of the season.
The game went into overtime but neither team could notch another goal in the five-minute period.
It was a consistent back-and-forth in the shootout, going four rounds before Victor Hedman put a stop on the night with the final shootout goal, notching a Lightning win before the team hits the road.
