Lightning 3, Wild 2 (SO)
TAMPA, Fla. -- Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves and stopped all three shots in the shootout to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.
Ryan Callahan scored for Tampa Bay in the shootout as the Lightning improved to 19-16-4.
Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle failed to score in the bonus format for Minnesota (20-10-7), which got 28 saves from Devan Dubnyk
Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon tied the game at 2-2 with 2:39 left after scoring with a backhand rebound during a scrum in front of the net.
Minnesota appeared to tie the game at 12:22 of the third period on a power-play goal from Ryan Suter but a video review determined Zack Parise had interfered with Vasilevskiy and the goal was disallowed.
The Lightning took a 1-0 lead at 11:40 in the first period when center Valtteri Filppula scored his fourth goal of the season. Steven Stamkos sent an outlet pass to forward Alex Killorn to start a 2-on-1 break, Filppula faked a shot to get Spurgeon to commit to a block and then snapped a wrist shot past Dubnyk.
Minnesota tied the game at 15:39 in the period with a goal from Coyle. Vasilevskiy tried to play the puck from behind his net, but Coyle intercepted his outlet pass and scored in the vacated spot.
Nikita Kucherov gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead at 1:03 in the second period with a one-timer off a pass from left wing Ondrej Palat that beat Dubnyk on the glove side.
NOTES: Lightning LW Jonathan Drouin was reassigned to Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Saturday. The former third overall pick of the 2013 NHL Draft has two goals and six assists in 19 games and has missed an additional 19 games with assorted injuries. "With everyone coming back at the same time it's a good opportunity to get a young player a lot of ice time and get his game right back on top," Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said. "We'll bring him back at the appropriate time. I don't have a set date for him to return." ... Wild LW Zach Parise returned to the lineup after missing Thursday's game. He participated in practice Friday and was deemed ready to go Saturday's morning skate. ... Lightning LW Ondrej Palat returned to the lineup Saturday after missing the past eight games. ... Wild C Erik Haula was in the lineup after missing practice Friday.