The Tampa Bay Lightning got back in the win column on Thursday night, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena to earn a season series split with their Western Conference opponent. Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in the three-round shootout.

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Anaheim opened the scoring 6:03 into the game on a redirection by forward Troy Terry, but the Lightning tied the score eight minutes later on the power play. Hedman got the puck at the left point and fed forward Brandon Hagel in the right corner, where the latter passed the puck to Anthony Cirelli at the back post for a tap-in and a tie game.

Jake Guentzel scored the only shootout goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Thursday night. Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli and Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay during ...

Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Thursday night. Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli and Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay during ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning play the Anaheim Ducks in a non-conference matchup. Tampa Bay is 13-6-1 in home games and 23-16-3 overall. The Lightning have gone 5-6-2 in games decided by one goal. Anaheim is 9-10-3 in road games and 18-21-5 overall. The Ducks have conceded 137 goals while scoring 106 for a -31 scoring differential.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning returned home to host the Anaheim Ducks for a rematch. The two teams last met on Jan. 5 at the Honda Center, where Anaheim won 4-1. However, last night ...

Although the Ducks beat the Lightning by three goals on Jan. 5, they have, more recently, been battered on their season-long road trip. The Ducks sandwiched the only win on a journey that began with two lopsided losses between a pair of shutouts by their opponents.

Anaheim Ducks (18-21-5, in the Pacific Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (23-16-3, in the Atlantic Division) BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning play the Anaheim Ducks in a non-conference matchup.

Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ducks ... of the season as Washington beat the Ducks. Ducks: Trouba recorded just his third point in 20 games since joining Anaheim on Dec. 9 after assisting on Fabbri ...

The Ducks road trip was primed as a "make or break" endeavor and they were thoroughly outplayed at nearly every turn. They went 1-4-1, were shutout three times, outscored by a total of 24-8, and outshot 206-155.