Lightning Beat Red Wings in OT Thriller

0:00It's April 14. This is Tampa Bay News Today, powered by AI. Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off a thriller, beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in overtime on Monday night. Nikita Kutraov sealed it just 27 seconds into extra time on a 2-on-1 rush with Braden Point. Eric Cernack, Jake Gwensel, and Connor Geeky also lit the lamp for Tampa while Andre Vasilevsky stopped 27 shots. This march the fifth time in team history, they've hit 50 wins in a season. The game had plenty of twists, starting with David Paran, giving Detroit an early 1-0 lead. Tampa challenged a seeming 2-0 goal for goalie interference, got it overturned, and Geeky tied it on a breakaway for his first of the year. Cernack and Gwensel then scored 2-10 apart in the second to grab a 2-goal edge. Detroit mounted a furious comeback in the third. Alex the Brinket tied it on a 2-on-1 fee from Patrick Kane with 4-14 left, and Marco Casper had put them ahead 3-2 just before.

1:02Fans were on the edge of their seats as the Wings clawed back from 2-down. Kane hit a huge milestone with that assist, his first 1,400 career points, making him the 24th player ever and fourth active. To reach it alongside Crosby, Ovechkin, and Malkin, Lightning now sit tie with Montreal for second in the Atlantic Division, one game left each. They host the Rangers Wednesday, while Detroit heads to Florida. What a way to head into the finale.