Lightning score 5 unanswered goals to sink Wild

Erik Cernak scored a quirky, tiebreaking goal with less than three minutes left, and the Lightning opened a season-long seven-game homestand with five unanswered tallies in a 6-3 win to split the season series with the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.

With the game tied at 3, Cernak chased down a puck that bounced through Minnesota goaltender Filip Gustavsson's crease. The defenseman then smashed the puck into the camera inside the net, shattering the lens and securing the game-winner.

Brandon Hagel added an empty-net goal at 18...