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Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates with the bench after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) makes a save on a shot by Tampa Bay Lightning center Jake Guentzel (59) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights center Ivan Barbashev (49) celebrates after scoring past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates his goal against the Vegas Golden Knights with teammates, including defenseman Victor Hedman (77) and defenseman Janis Moser (90) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) tries to work around Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (7) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) goes down while chasing the puck with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev (16) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with defenseman Shea Theodore (27) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) celebrates with the bench after his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman (77) checks Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) into the boards during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) gets ahead of Vegas Golden Knights center Ivan Barbashev (49) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) steals the puck from Tampa Bay Lightning center Luke Glendening (11) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates with the bench after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) makes a save on a shot by Tampa Bay Lightning center Jake Guentzel (59) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights center Ivan Barbashev (49) celebrates after scoring past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates his goal against the Vegas Golden Knights with teammates, including defenseman Victor Hedman (77) and defenseman Janis Moser (90) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) tries to work around Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (7) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) goes down while chasing the puck with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pavel Dorofeyev (16) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with defenseman Shea Theodore (27) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) celebrates with the bench after his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman (77) checks Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) into the boards during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) gets ahead of Vegas Golden Knights center Ivan Barbashev (49) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
Vegas Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar (55) steals the puck from Tampa Bay Lightning center Luke Glendening (11) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored the go-ahead goal with less than a minute to play just 1:27 after Brandon Hagel had tied it, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Thursday night.
Kucherov’s second goal of the game with 55 seconds left was his sixth of the season.
Janis Moser had a goal and two assists for the Lightning, who remain unbeaten at 3-0-0. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.
Brayden McNabb, Pavel Dorofeyev and Ivan Barbashev had goals for Vegas. Adin Hill turned aside 21 shots.
Jack Eichel, with two assists on Thursday, now has 10 points this season in five games and reached reached double-digit points faster than any other player in Vegas history. He is the 10th U.S.-born player to accomplish the feat.
After Barbashev put Vegas up 3-2 early in the second, Hagel pulled Tampa Bay even at 3 with 2:22 remaining in the third.
Kucherov tied it at 2 during a two-on-one with 12.8 seconds left in the first.
Golden Knights: The line of Eichel, Barbashev and Mark Stone has combined for eight goals, 19 assists and 27 points through five games.
Lightning: Jake Guentzel was the key free-agent signing with Steven Stamkos leaving for Nashville after 16 years with Tampa Bay. Guentzel has fit in nicely on the first line with Kucherov and Brayden Point, and has four assists.
Hill made three saves and the Vegas defenders blocked three shots to keep Tampa Bay from scoring during a 1:10 5-on-3 power play late in the second period.
Kucherov is the second Tampa Bay player to have six goals in the first three games of a season. Chris Kontos held the team record in the Lightning’s inaugural 1992-93 season.
Vegas plays Saturday night at Florida. Tampa Bay travels to Ottawa on Saturday night.
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