Though the Lightning committed far too many turnovers for head coach Jon Cooper’s liking, Jake Guentzel scored an insurance into an empty net, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy posted his fifth shutout of the season and the Lightning improved to 31-1-1 when leading after two periods.

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning (39-23-5), who won their second in a row and pulled within two points of the Florida Panthers for first place in the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay lost to Philadelphia 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday.

Nikita Kucherov netted an unassisted first-period breakaway goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made it stand with 21 saves, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded from a loss in Philadelphia four days earlier with a 2-0 of the visiting Flyers on Monday.