Lightning score five in row to defeat Blues

TAMPA-- The Tampa Bay Lightning scored the final five goals in a 5-2 win against the St. Louis Blues at Amalie Arena on Thursday.
Jonathan Drouin scored twice, and Brian Boyle, Michael Bournival and Alex Killorn scored for the Lightning (17-14-3). Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves in his first start since Ben Bishop was injured Tuesday.
"The one thing that was impressive is, we are down two and come back to get five unanswered," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. "I'm really proud of the way we battled back because that game could have gone the other way really quick."

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Killorn broke a 2-2 tie 5:25 into the third period. His 11th goal of the season was a wrist shot from inside center point that beat Blues goalie Jake Allen on the stick side.
David Perron and Wade Megan scored for the Blues (18-12-5), who are 5-10-1 on the road this season. Allen made 27 saves but was injured trying to make a save on Drouin's first goal and was replaced by Carter Hutton with 1:40 remaining in the third period.
Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said he did not believe Allen's injury was serious. St. Louis does not play again until Dec. 28 against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Perron gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead at 14:11 of the first period when he capitalized on a Tampa Bay turnover in its zone. He stepped in front of a pass by Brayden Point and beat Vasilevskiy with a backhand to the top of the net.

Megan, a 26-year-old making his NHL debut, scored on his first shot to give the Blues a 2-0 lead at 14:43. Vasilevskiy made a save on a shot from Ryan Reaves but the puck rolled out in the slot, where Megan scored on the follow up.
"Obviously [the goal] would have felt a lot better after a win," Megan said. "We just had to bear down a little bit more in the second and third and we lost some key battles. We just have to move forward."
Boyle made it 2-1 with a power-play goal at 9:48 of the second period. Bournival tied it 2-2 at 17:27 with his first goal since Feb. 24, 2015; he redirected a shot from Jason Garrison.
"It's always fun to score," Bournival said. "We had a big win [tonight] and came back from 2-0. I think our line brought energy all game."
Drouin made it 4-2 when he beat Allen with a backhand off a pass from Valtteri Filppula, and scored an empty-net goal with 31 seconds left.
"We had a good start to the third period and then we got scored on," Hitchcock said. "When it was 3-2 we got a little bit of a push but not near enough."

Goal of the game

Filppula put a move on Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester and split his legs with a pass that left Drouin 1-on-1 with Allen, who seemed to injure his lower body trying to reach back for a save.

Save of the game

The Blues made a push in the third period after Killorn's goal gave the Lightning a 3-2 lead, but Vasilevskiy scrambled to cover an open net and stop a tip-in by Patrik Berglund at 9:32.

Unsung performance of the game

Bournival arrived in Tampa at 2:30 p.m. after playing for Syracuse in the American Hockey League on Wednesday. He played 12:51 over 19 shifts, had three shots and was plus-1.
"When you get the chance to be in the NHL, there's nothing that stops you from finding the energy," Bournival said. "I found my energy [Thursday] and just need it to keep it going for [Friday]."

Highlight of the game

Killorn showed patience on his goal as he skated from the right to center point and took a wrist shot while Tyler Johnson and Point set screens in front of Allen.

They said it

"[Problems on the road] is a competitive issue, isn't it? It's our job to figure it out. The game is 60 minutes, you [have] to play 60 minutes and we didn't." -- Blues coach Ken Hitchcock
"Obviously not the start that we wanted. There was plenty said between the first and the second (periods). The good thing is, I think we all looked around even before we were told what we needed to improve on by the coaching staff. I think we kind of echoed that prior to that amongst ourselves." -- Lightning forward Brian Boyle

Need to know

Perron scored his 150th NHL goal (93rd with St. Louis). … Lightning defenseman Nikita Nesterov played 18 of 19 shifts at forward on a line with JT Brown and Bournival. … Bishop (lower body) is expected to be out 3-4 weeks.

What's next

Blues: Host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV)
Lightning: At the Washington Capitals on Friday (7 p.m. ET; SN1, CSN-DC, SUN, NHL.TV)