Second-period explosion lifts Lightning to blowout of Canucks

Darren Raddysh, Yanni Gourde and Nikita Kucherov produced a three-goal blitz early in the second period as the Tampa Bay Lightning overwhelmed the host Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday.

Kucherov and Anthony Cirelli each had a goal and two assists while Brandon Hagel and Raddysh posted a goal and an assist each for the Lightning (42-21-4, 88 points), who won their second straight game.

Tampa Bay's Jake Guentzel also scored, Erik Cernak notched two assists, and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves.