Jake Guentzel scored 2 goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime on Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena.
Blake Coleman scored at 0:55 in the first period, set up by Olli Maatta and Quinn Hughes. Maxim Shabanov scored on the power play at 2:58 in the first period, set up by Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov. Jake Guentzel scored on the power play at 16:34 in the second period, set up by Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Nikita Kucherov.
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Maxim Shabanov scored at 6:49 in the third period, set up by none. Jake Guentzel scored at 13:44 in the third period, set up by Brayden Point and Charle-Edouard D'Astous.
Tampa Bay outshot Minnesota 34-22. Dennis Hildeby stopped 19 of 22 shots for Tampa Bay and Calvin Pickard stopped 30 of 34 shots for Minnesota.
The Lightning moved to 11-3-2. The Wild fell to 12-3-4.
The Lightning sit fourth in the Eastern Conference and have won three straight. The Wild are first in the Western Conference. The Lightning lead the season series 2-0. Tampa Bay won the first meeting 3-2 on Oct. 8.
The Lightning are back in action when they visit the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 6:00 p.m. ET. The Wild next visit the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
