Hot Lightning tie franchise mark with shootout win over Penguins

Nikita Kucherov scored the game-winning goal in the shootout, and the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their franchise-tying 11th straight victory by edging the host Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night.

After Tampa Bay's Gage Goncalves and Pittsburgh's Egor Chinakhov netted in the session, Kucherov, whose 10-game point streak ended, flipped in the winner to equal the franchise record of 11 wins set in 2020.

The Lightning's J.J. Moser scored in the third period, and goaltender Andrei...