Vancouver Canucks center Jayson Megna (46) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with left wing Daniel Sedin (22), of Sweden, and defenseman Nikita Tryamkin (88), of Russia, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jayson Megna and Jack Skille both had two goals, Ryan Miller made 38 saves before leaving with six minutes left in the third period and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Thursday night.
Erik Gudbranson also scored for the Canucks, who are 1-1 on a five-game road.
Miller skated to the bench and then went to the locker room. There was no immediate word on why he departed.
Tampa Bay, in a 1-5-1 slide, got a goal from Jonathan Drouin.
Megna had a redirection goal early in the second and then put the Canucks up 4-1 during a 2-on-1 with 1 second left in the period. He entered with one goal in 10 games this season, and seven over 64 career games.
After Skille opened the scoring 3:50 into the game on his first goal in 24 games, Gudbranson stopped a 34-game goal drought to make it 2-0 at 9:03.
Gudbranson's shot from the slot went off the end boards and ended up in the crease where Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop knocked the puck into the net with his glove.
It was just eighth time the Canucks have scored first and sixth time Vancouver has been ahead after the first period in 27 games this season.
Bishop was pulled after allowing four goals on 20 shots through two periods. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped nine of the 10 shots he faced in the third., giving up Skille's second of the game with 6:02 remaining.
Miller made several strong saves, including a post-to-post stop on Brian Boyle during a Tampa Bay power play in the third.
NOTES: Canucks D Philip Larsen, taken off the ice on a stretcher and driven to a hospital for observation following a check by New Jersey's Taylor Hall on Thursday night, was medically cleared to return to Vancouver on Wednesday. ... Drouin (one game) and D Jason Garrison (two games) both returned from injuries. ... Tampa Bay D Luke Witkowsk, recalled from Syracuse of the AHL, assisted on Drouin's goal for his first NHL point. ... Lightning D Braydon Coburn had his goal-scoring drought reach 100 consecutive games.
UP NEXT
Canucks: At Florida on Saturday night.
Lightning: Host the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Pengiuins on Saturday night.
Vancouver Canucks right wing Jack Skille (9) celebrates after scoring against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Vancouver Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher (51) and Tampa Bay Lightning center Cedric Paquette (13) chase a loose puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Vancouver Canucks goalie Ryan Miller (30) bats the puck out of the air after making a save on a shot by Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Alex Killorn (17) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Jonathan Drouin (27) celebrates with teammates, including center Brayden Point (21) after scoring against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman (6), of Sweden, knocks down Vancouver Canucks left wing Daniel Sedin (22), also of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) makes a save on a shot by the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. Looking for a rebound is Canuck's Sven Baertschi (47) and Lightning's Andrej Sustr (62), of the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18), of the Czech Republic, gets to the puck ahead of Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin (33), of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Vancouver Canucks right wing Jack Skille (9) celebrates after scoring past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Vancouver Canucks right wing Jack Skille (9) gets around Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86), of Russia, and scores past Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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