The Tampa Bay Lightning fought back to force a shootout but saw their NHL-best win streak come to a close on Friday in St. Louis.
The Lightning fell 3-2 in a shootout to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center.
The Blues scored twice in a 30-second span late to take a 2-0 lead in the first period, but Tampa Bay evened the score with power-play goals from Nikita Kucherov and Oliver Bjorkstrand in period two.
Jordan Kyrou then scored the only goal in the shootout for St. Louis.
Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, which got two assists from Darren Raddysh and 19 saves from goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Tampa Bay is now 29-13-4 this season and continues play on Sunday with a visit to play the Dallas Stars.
Scoring summary
First period
STL 1, TBL 0
17:03 Jake Neighbours (12) - Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler
St. Louis got the opening goal at the right post after a Lightning poke check led to the puck finding Jake Neighbours for a shot near the net.
STL 2, TBL 0
17:33 Nick Bjugstad (6) - Pavel Buchnevich
The Blues added to the lead with Nick Bjugstad’s shot from the top of the left faceoff circle.
Shots on goal: TBL 11, STL 7
Second period
STL 2, TBL 1
9:59 Nikita Kucherov (24) - Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh - PP
The Lightning drew within a goal of the Blues with Nikita Kucherov’s power-play one-timer from the right circle on a 5-on-3 look.
STL 2, TBL 2
11:01 Oliver Bjorkstrand (7) - Kucherov, Raddysh - PP
Tampa Bay tied the game with their second power-play tally of the period, this one a snap shot by Oliver Bjorkstrand 62 seconds after the Kucherov goal.
Shots on goal: TBL 15, STL 5
Third period
None.
Shots on goal: TBL 8, STL 5
Overtime
None.
Total shots: TBL 36, STL 21
Shootout
STL: Kyrou
