Stamkos, Johnson power Lightning in win against Sharks

TAMPA -- Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 7-1 win against the San Jose Sharks at Amalie Arena on Saturday.

Tyler Johnson scored two goals, Alex Killorn had a goal and three assists, and Victor Hedman had a goal and two assists for the Lightning (14-10-3), who have won two of their past three games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves.
"It was a good night for me," Killorn said. "When you have a four-point night, the pucks are kind of bouncing your way, and a couple bounces went my way."
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Carter Verhaeghe scored his first NHL goal for Tampa Bay and had two assists.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored for the Sharks (15-14-2), who have not won in three games (0-2-1). Martin Jones allowed four goals on 21 shots before he was relieved 52 seconds into the third period by Aaron Dell, who made 14 saves.
San Jose was 4-0-1 in its previous five road games.
"Honestly, I thought we played pretty well through two," Sharks captain Logan Couture said. "I thought we had some good 5-on-5 looks, they scored a power-play [goal] at the end there, but I didn't like our third period. We kind of gave them some freebies and let our goalies down."
Johnson gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 3:10 of the first period with a wrist shot from above the left hash marks.

Killorn made it 2-0 at 12:29 of the second with an unassisted goal on a shot from the slot, and Stamkos scored his 150th NHL power-play goal with 27 seconds left in the period to make it 3-0.
"We've had a tendency this year when we've had the lead to sit back a little too much," Stamkos said. "Our team is built to continue to press, use our speed, and then the skill takes over. We kept pouring on the goals. It was a great way to come out in the third period, score one early, and we just kept going."
Hedman scored his third goal in three games to give Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead 52 seconds into the third.
Johnson made it 5-0 at 3:51 with his second of the night.
"The third period was just unacceptable," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "It was just poor effort. I think instead of sticking with it, I think we felt sorry for ourselves after that fourth goal. Maybe start thinking about tomorrow, but you can't do that in this league. So throw that one out."

Vlasic got San Jose on the board to make it 5-1 at 14:44. It was his fifth goal after he had three in 72 games last season.
Stamkos scored again on the power play at 15:36 to make it 6-1.
Verhaeghe scored with 25 seconds remaining for the 7-1 final.
"Great game, great effort by the guys, and I got [my] first one," Verhaeghe said. "That's a pretty special moment for me and the family and everyone. It's nice."

San Jose went 0-for-4 on the power play and is 0-for 23 in its past 10 games.
"Tonight, I thought we moved it around all right," Couture said. "I thought we hit two posts and had some good looks in the slot. I thought tonight was something to build off of. We moved it as good as we have lately, we've just got to find some finish."

They said it

"[Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy] played well. I don't think we made it overly tough on him. We've got to find a way to get to the net a little bit better and get some more chances on the inside." -- Sharks goalie Martin Jones
"I think the whole team played great. We gave up 30-something shots but not many scoring chances. I'll take it all day. I was feeling it tonight." -- Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy

Need to know

Sharks center Joe Thornton has not scored a goal in 40 games dating to March 21. ... Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov had his seven-game point streak end (four goals, nine assists). ... The Lightning lost their previous three home games. ... Stamkos tied Glenn Anderson for 48th in power-play goals in NHL history (151).

What's next

Sharks: At the Florida Panthers on Sunday (5 p.m. ET; FS-F, NBCSCA, NHL.TV)
Lightning: Host the New York Islanders on Monday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SUN, MSG+, NHL.TV)