Tedd Purcell’s shootout goal gives Lightning 4-3 win over Senators

Purcell lifts Lightning past Senators

TAMPA, Fla. — Teddy Purcell scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Purcell and Martin St. Louis scored first-period goals, and Steven Stamkos added his 48th goal of the season early in the second on a power play to make it 3-0.

Ottawa’s Nick Foligno beat Lightning goalie Mike Smith on a power play to cut it to 3-1 midway through the second. Jason Speeza added a power-play goal with 1:18 left in the second, and Mike Fisher tied it with another power-play goal early in the third.

Fisher took a pass from Daniel Alfredsson in the slot and easily shot it past Lightning goalie Mike Smith.

Smith made 35 saves for the Lightning, including a stop on a point-blank shot from Ottawa’s Peter Regin with a minute left in regulation.

In the shootout Elliott was able to stop shots from Stamkos and St. Louis but Purcell executed a deke and slipped a backhander into the goal. Fisher had a chance to send the shootout into a fourth round, but his shot went high and wide.

NOTES: Smith and Ottawa forward Chris Neil exchanged blows after Neil tripped him. Both players received double minors. … Lightning forward Andrej Maszaros was hit in the throat with a slap shot in the second period and quickly left the ice. He returned in the third period.