Tampa Bay Lightning Strike in Waves Against Vancouver Canucks as Nikita Kucherov Sets the Tempo

The Tampa Bay Lightning entered Rogers Arena at 42-21 with 6 points, while the Vancouver Canucks arrived at 21-39 with 2 points, and the night ended 6-2. The Bolts finished with 30 shots and 12 hits, while the Canucks posted 21 shots and 25 hits in Vancouver.

First period

The Lightning opened the scoring with 1 goal in the first period while holding the Canucks to 0. Tampa Bay logged a 53 percent faceoff win rate on 57 draws, and Vancouver countered with 47 percent on the same 57 faceoffs. The Bolts played to a 20 percent shooting rate on 30 shots, and the Nucks produced a 10 percent shooting rate on 21 shots.

Second period

The Lightning added 3 goals in the second period, and the Canucks answered with 1 goal in the same period. Tampa Bay took 2 minor penalties for 4 penalty minutes, and Vancouver took 1 minor penalty for 2 penalty minutes. The Bolts went 0-for-1 on the power play with 1 shot, and the Canucks went 0-for-2 with 3 shots, which fit the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks key moments.

Third period

The Lightning scored 2 goals in the third period, and the Canucks scored 1 goal in the third period. Nikita Kucherov earned a 3-point game with 1 goal and 2 assists, and Anthony Cirelli also had 3 points with 1 goal and 2 assists for the Bolts. Darren Raddysh added 2 points on 1 goal and 1 assist, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 19 shots on 21 against, which anchored the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks match summary.

Tampa Bay finished with 6 takeaways and 16 giveaways, and Vancouver recorded 5 takeaways and 12 giveaways in the Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks result analysis. The Bolts blocked 14 shots while the Canucks blocked 6, and Tampa Bay’s plus-minus finished at 20 compared with Vancouver’s minus-20 in a Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks scoreline review.

The Lightning next appear as the away team against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta on 3/21/2026 at 10:00 PM EDT on ESPN+ and The Spot. Keep it locked for the next recap, and share this article with other Bolts fans.