Kucherov, Guentzel each has 3 points, Lightning cool off Red Wings

TAMPA -- Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 5-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Amalie Arena on Saturday.

Kucherov, who recorded his 600th NHL assist in the second period, extended his point streak to eight games (four goals, 10 assists).

"Cool," Kucherov said about his milestone.

Said Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy of Kucherov: "Obviously he's one of the greatest to play for this team. An exceptional player and one of the biggest reasons we've had success over the past few years."

Darren Raddysh had a goal and an assist, and Brayden Point also scored for the Lightning (25-16-3), who have won five of seven (5-1-1). Vasilevskiy made 39 saves.

"Well, he's been consistent the whole year," Kucherov said of Vasilevskiy. "He's been our best player, and we've got to play better in front of him."

Lucas Raymond scored for the Red Wings (21-20-4), who had won eight of nine. Cam Talbot allowed five goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Alex Lyon to start the third period. Lyon stopped all six shots he faced in relief.

"They owned us in and around our blue paint and I didn't think we were real aggressive around their blue paint," Detroit coach Todd McLellan said. "Yeah, we had 40-some shots on goal, but Vasilevskiy saw most of them and I don't think we did a lot to help our goaltenders around the blue paint."

Point gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead at 2:02 of the first period when he scored on a rebound of Emil Lilleberg’s shot that deflected off the end boards.

Guentzel scored a power-play goal 16 seconds into the second period to extend it to 2-0. He scored with the forehand from netfront position off a pass by Kucherov.

"We've got a lot of good guys that can move the puck around and shoot [on the power play],” Raddysh said. "Whoever's out there is pretty confident that they can get the job done."

Kucherov extended it to 3-0 at 1:50 after skating from the blue line to the slot and beating Talbot top shelf.

"There's not enough time to talk about what ‘Kuch’ has meant to this organization and this league quite frankly," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "He's a generational player and hopefully we'll get to see hundreds more of those. That's just an elite player being special."

Mitchell Chaffee pushed it to 4-0 at 3:58, scoring on a forehand chip from the low slot off a backhand pass from Cam Atkinson.

"We didn't reach our standard by any means, and it's on us, right?" Raymond said. "We need to come prepared for every game and good thing we've got a new chance tomorrow (at the Dallas Stars)."

Raymond cut it to 4-1 with a power-play goal at 14:12, scoring on a one-timer from the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Patrick Kane.

"First couple power plays, it would have been nice to get one to get the lead," Kane said. "Obviously we feel pretty confident in our power play, but it kind of let us down tonight. We shot a lot of pucks at the net, their goalie made some good saves, and we obviously had some breakdowns defensively."

Raddysh made it 5-1 on the power play at 15:06 with a slap shot from the point off a feed from Kucherov, his 600th career assist.

"That's pretty special," Raddysh said. "I had a (secondary) assist on his 100th one (of) last year. I'm pretty lucky to see his accomplishments."

Detroit was 1-for-6 on the power play.

"Disappointed in our group because I thought we were kind of at our desk but not really working," McLellan said. "We were in position a lot of times, but didn't get the job done."

NOTES: Lyon was activated prior to the game, and the Red Wings sent down goalie Ville Husso to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. ...Kucherov has 941 points (341 goals, 600 assists) in 767 NHL games. ...Kane has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) over the past 10 games. ...Guentzel has six points (two goals, four assists) over the past four games.