Anaheim opened the scoring 6:03 into the game on a redirection by forward Troy Terry, but the Lightning tied the score eight minutes later on the power play. Hedman got the puck at the left point and fed forward Brandon Hagel in the right corner, where the latter passed the puck to Anthony Cirelli at the back post for a tap-in and a tie game.

Vatrano — whose extension through the 2027-28 season will pay him $3 million in each of the next three seasons — redirected Jacob Trouba's shot past Johansson ... of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Anaheim ...

TAMPA — When the Lightning left ... was left alone in front of the net and redirected Jacob Trouba’s shot from above the left circle. The Lightning more than doubled the Ducks’ shots on ...

Tampa Bay remained on track to make the playoffs ... Vatrano extended the Ducks’ edge to two goals when he tipped the shot of Jacob Trouba, with whom he was also a teammate and friend as members ...

Frank Vatrano had two goals and assist after signing a three-year contract extension earlier Sunday in the Ducks’ 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay.

(AP) — Frank Vatrano had two goals and assist after signing a three-year contract extension Sunday, John Gibson picked up his 200th NHL win and the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

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Here are three reasons to like the Lightning’s new-look power play. Thursday’s moves were transformative, because the personnel and positional changes made it difficult to tell which was the top unit and which was the second. Point men Victor Hedman and Darren Raddysh switched units, with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel matched with Raddysh.

Amid a brutal stretch of play, the New York Rangers shook up their roster in December with a pair of major trades. The Rangers dealt their captain, defenseman Jacob Trouba, to the Anaheim Ducks on Dec. 6 for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli and Guentzel scored for the Bolts while Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 34 saves and stopped all three shots he faced.