Vegas Tops League-Leading Lightning In Shootout, 3-2

Alex Tuch chipped the puck around Andrei Vasilevskiy to score the shootout winning goal as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a four-game losing streak against the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, Tuesday night at Amalie Arena.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
The scoring opened as Brayden Point put away a power-play goal for Tampa at the 6:36 mark of the first period. In the second period, Mathieu Joseph slipped the puck behind Marc-Andre Fleury to extend the lead to 2-0 Lightning. With less than five minutes to play in the second frame, Jon Merrill fired a pass from behind his own net to Cody Eakin at the far blueline who walked in and scored his 14th goal of the season to cut the Lightning lead to 2-1. In the third, William Karlsson set up Valentin Zykov for his first goal in a Golden Knights uniform to tie the game at 2-2 with 14:38 to play. Neither team would crack the tie in regulation and the Golden Knights and Lightning went to overtime. No goals were scored in overtime, nor were any converted on in the first two rounds of the ensuing shootout. After Nikita Kucherov was denied by Fleury, Tuch waited out Vasilevskiy and flipped a shot inside the right post to clinch a 3-2 win for Vegas.
TURNING POINT
Midway through overtime, Tampa Bay was called for too many men on the ice and Vegas received a 4-on-3 power play. The Golden Knights couldn't beat Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Lightning goaltender got his team to the shootout.

THE GOLDEN GOAL
Tuch glided in on Vasilevskiy from the right side. He made a strong move to his backhand, but the Tampa goalie didn't flinch. But as Vasilevskiy tracked Tuch after the initial deke, he dropped to his knees to take away the five-hole. Tuch recognized the goalie's movement and flipped a shot past Vasilevskiy's glove and in for the shootout-deciding goal.
TOP PERFORMERS
Cody Eakin: Eakin's breakaway goal gave Vegas a spark late in the second period.
Valentin Zykov: Zykov scored his first as a Golden Knight to tie the game in the third period.
Alex Tuch: Tuch's winning goal in the shootout marked the second shootout win for the Golden Knights this season.
STAT OF THE GAME
Zykov's goal in the third period was his first as a member of the Golden Knights. The goal was the fifth of his NHL career.
LOOKING AHEAD
The four-game road trip wraps up Thursday in Detroit as the Golden Knights meet the Red Wings for the first time this season at 4:30 p.m. PT.