Stamkos and Kucherov each had two shots on goal, with Gibson saving Stamkos' one-timer during a power-play at 14:43 of the second period. Anaheim used its size to keep the forwards from getting comfortable in the offensive zone.
"[Stamkos and Kucherov] don't like and don't want to be impeded," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. "They like the freedom to skate, and you have to get inside and check them. The biggest thing is to keep them out of your zone and force them to play defense. That way they are 200 feet away from their net."
The Ducks took a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal by Rakell at 10:13 of the second period. His shot from right face-off circle beat Budaj through the five-hole.
Anaheim increased the lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal at 16:55. Montour beat Budaj with a shot high on the stick side.
Tampa Bay made it 2-1 at 17:52 with Kunitz's second goal of the season. After Gibson made a stick save on a chip by JT Brown, Kunitz controlled the rebound and scored.
Lindholm beat the buzzer to give the Ducks a 3-1 lead at the end of the second period. Video review showed his goal was scored with 0.1 seconds remaining in the period.
"I know there were a few seconds left," Lindholm said. "I tried to be ready if the puck ended up with me, and it was right on my stick. It was a perfect pop-up to me, and it's nice to see that go in."
Lightning coach Jon Cooper said that play was the turning point.
"With 12 seconds left, I saw us going up the ice, if you would have told me it was going to be in our net 11.5 seconds later, I would have laughed at you," Cooper said. "Sure enough it was in the back of our net, it's 3-1, and that was it. Game over."
Rakell scored his second goal at 8:59 of the third period to give the Ducks a 4-1 lead. Getzlaf made a centering pass to Rakell, who scored on a one-timer from the hash marks.
"I thought we had bounces go our way early in this game and that kind of got us going," Rakell said. "But we have to find a way to find our momentum even when we don't get the bounces early."
