Rakell's OT goal lifts Ducks over Lightning
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Rickard Rakell scored a power-play goal 54 seconds into overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lighting on Tuesday night at the Honda Center.
Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Ducks (25-13-9), who received 27 saves from goalie John Gibson in earning their seventh win in nine games.
Valtteri Filppula scored for the Lightning (21-20-5), which suffered its sixth loss in eight games (2-5-1). Goalie Ben Bishop stopped 19 shots.
Tampa Bay's Tyler Johnson received a penalty for hooking Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler 50 seconds into overtime. Four seconds later, Rakell scored his 19th goal by dragging a wrist shot from the slot under the crossbar.
The Lightning had a chance to break the tie 5:46 into the third period, but a sprawling Gibson used his right leg pad to block a sweeping backhand that Gabriel Dumont fired while falling.
Filppula's first goal in 16 games and his seventh of the season gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead 4:36 into the second period. With Gibson out of position, Filppula converted the rebound of Nikita Nesterov's slap shot from the left circle.
But 21 seconds later, Getzlaf tied the score. The Lightning's Cedric Paquette tried to clear the rebound of Rickard Rakell's wrist shot but Getzlaf intercepted Paquette's pass at the top of the slot, pivoted and fired a shot that ricocheted off the inside of the left post for his sixth goal.
It appeared Bishop was complaining to a referee and didn't immediately notice Getzlaf gaining control of the puck.
Despite not registering a shot on goal for the first 8:31, the Ducks had the best chance to score the first goal. Getzlaf stole the puck from Bishop behind the net and tried to stuff it inside the right post. But the puck hit the base of the post and skidded across the crease 9:25 into the game.
NOTES: Tampa Bay scratched D Jake Dotchin, D Victor Hedman and RW Joel Vermin. Hedman missed his second consecutive game because of illness. Dotchin was recalled from Syracuse (AHL). ... Lightning D Nikita Kucherov played his 250th career game. ... Lightning D Anton Stralman needs one point to reach 200 for his career. ... Anaheim scratched RW Stefan Noesen and D Shea Theodore, who were recalled from San Diego (AHL) on Tuesday, one day after being sent down. ... Ducks RW Corey Perry needs three points to reach 700 for his career.