Lightning beat Hawks in OT

Posted October 24, 2013 10:00 pm

Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Martin St. Louis scored at 1:16 of overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Blackhawks 6-5 on Thursday night.

St. Louis got the game-winner from in-close. The Tampa Bay captain also had an assist and moved past Neal Broten (923) for 93rd place on the career points list with 924.

Steven Stamkos scored a tiebreaking power-play goal as the Tampa Bay went up 5-4 at 17:31 of the third.

The Hawks' Jonathan Toews was credited a game-tying goal with 1:49 left in the period after the Lightning put the puck into their own net.

Stamkos finished with two goals and two assists. Matt Carle, Nate Thompson and Victor Hedman had the other Tampa Bay goals.

The Hawks also got goals from Bryan Bickell, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane and Andrew Shaw. Kane assisted on Shaw's goal, giving him five goals and 15 points in eight games against Tampa Bay.

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