Stamkos gets 499th goal, Lightning beat Canucks 5-4

Published January 12, 2023 9:05 PM

By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his 499th goal on a 5-on-3 power play in the third period to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Thursday night. On the verge of becoming the 47th NHL player to reach 500 goals, Stamkos beat Collin Delia from the left circle to make it 5-2 at 5:30. Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson scored to pull Vancouver to 5-4. Curtis Lazar had an in-close shot turned aside by Andrei Vasilevskiy with two seconds to play. Corey Perry, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel also scored for the Lightning, and Vasilevskiy made 36 saves. Delia stopped 30 shots, and Conor Garland and J.T. Miller added goals for Vancouver.

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