Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn both scored twice to pace Tampa Bay's offense and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 33 saves to backstop the victory.
The Bolts dominated the special teams battle. Tampa Bay went 3-for-6 with the man advantage and successfully killed off three Philadelphia power plays.
The Lightning's four-game homestand continues Tuesday with a matchup against the Golden Knights.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
PHI 1, TBL 0
5:52 Morgan Frost (12) - Joel Farabee, Owen Tippett
Erik Cernak attempted to play the puck in deep, but had it knocked down in the neutral zone and immediately taken the other way. With only one skater back, Joel Farabee fed Morgan Frost at the right circle, and he ripped a shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy to give Philadelphia the early lead.
PHI 1, TBL 1
7:38 Alex Killorn (18) - Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev - PPG
It took less than two minutes for the Bolts to tie things up, equalizing on an Alex Killorn power play goal. From the right circle, Nikita Kucherov whipped Killorn the puck in front of the net, and he tapped it over the line.
2nd Period
TBL 2, PHI 1
0:34 Nikita Kucherov (24) - Mikhail Sergachev, Alex Killorn - PPG
Tampa Bay cashed in on a power play that carried over to the start of the second period. With traffic taking away Carter Hart's vision, Nikita Kucherov wired home a one-timer from the top of the right circle to give the Bolts the lead.
TBL 3, PHI 1
8:46 Ross Colton (15) - Tanner Jeannot, Nick Paul
The Lightning's first even strength goal of the night came at 8:46 of the period. Tanner Jeannot was hard on the puck behind the net and eventually worked it out front for Ross Colton to sweep home from in tight.
TBL 4, PHI 1
10:49 Alex Killorn (19) - Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel
Hart went down behind his net and before he could recover, Anthony Cirelli set up Alex Killorn for a one-timer that extended Tampa Bay's lead to 4-1 midway through the second period.
TBL 4, PHI 2
12:40 Brendan Lemieux (1) - Cam York, Rasmus Ristolainen
Brendan Lemieux got positioning in front of the net and redirected Cam York's point shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy to make it a two-goal game.
3rd Period
TBL 5, PHI 2
17:38 Nikita Kucherov (25) - Brayden Point - PPG
A stretch feed from Brayden Point allowed Kucherov to get in behind the Philadelphia defense, and he tucked a backhander through Hart's five-hole for a power play goal.
