Hagel, Kucherov score for Tampa Bay, which has won 5 straight TAMPA -- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 4-1 win against the Seattle Kraken at Amalie Arena on Sunday. Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist,

Johansson (lower body) expects to dress as the backup netminder for Thursday's home game against the Flames, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Although Andrei Vasilevskiy will operate as the starter for Thursday's matchup,

The Lightning pushed their winning streak to seven consecutive games on Thursday with a 3-0 shutout victory over the Calgary Flames at AMALIE Arena. Tampa Bay improved to 34-20-4 with the win, which closed a near perfect February in which the Lightning posted a 7-0-1 record.

Vasilevskiy leads the NHL with a .930 save percentage, and he's third with a 16.65 GSAx (goals-saved above expected). He may have started the season slowly, but he is clearly in elite form.

Vasilevskiy was the first goalie off during Thursday's morning skate, Benjamin Pierce of the Lightning's official site reports, indicating that he'll draw the start at home against the Flames. Vasilevskiy has picked up wins in each of his last six starts,

Vasilevskiy made 36 saves on 37 shot attempts in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Kraken. Vasilevsky tended a clean net for the first 55 minutes of Sunday's contest before conceding Seattle's lone goal of the night.

Seattle sits 15th in the league with 2.93 goals per game in 2024-25 and won 2-1 against Florida on Saturday.