Final
Bolts extend Coyotes' home woes
Feb 22, 2015 - 4:40 AM Glendale, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Ondrej Palat scored two goals, Ben Bishop made 20 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended Arizona Coyotes' home woes with a 4-2 win on Saturday.Ryan Callahan had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who improved to 3-1-0 on their five-game road trip.
Michael Stone and Mark Arcobello scored the goals in the Coyotes' eighth consecutive home loss. Mike Smith stopped 23 shots for Arizona, which has dropped five straight overall.
The Coyotes were caught in a bad line change, leading to Palat skating freely down the middle of the Arizona zone. He beat Smith on the blocker side to put Tampa Bay up 3-1 at 3:27 of the third period.
Arcobello ripped a shot over Bishop's glove on a breakaway with 8:18 remaining, but consecutive penalties late in regulation hindered Arizona's comeback bid.
Steven Stamkos scored an empty-net goal while on a power play with five seconds remaining.
Arizona forced a turnover in the Tampa Bay zone, which resulted in Stone firing a wrister past Bishop at 14:02 of the first period.
The Lightning grabbed the lead with a pair of second-period goals.
Palat took a pass from Callahan while skating through the neutral zone on a Tampa Bay power play and blasted a shot behind Smith at 6:45.
Callahan banked the puck in off Smith with 5:29 remaining.
Game Notes
Tampa Bay defenseman Anton Stralman registered two assists ... Palat has three goals and three assists during a four-game point streak.
- TAMPA BAY: 4
ARIZONA: 2
Final
Feb 21 10:36 PM - TAMPA BAY: 4
ARIZONA: 2
End of Regulation
Feb 21 10:35 PM - TAMPA BAY: 2
ARIZONA: 1
End of 2nd
Feb 21 9:38 PM - TAMPA BAY: 0
ARIZONA: 1
End of 1st
Feb 21 8:45 PM - TAMPA BAY: 0
ARIZONA: 0
1st Period - 19:50
Feb 21 8:09 PM
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