Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel each scored two goals and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Thursday in Las Vegas.

Dominic James scored his first NHL goal and also had two assists, Oliver Bjorkstrand added two assists, and Gage Goncalves scored a goal for Tampa Bay, which won for the sixth time in its last seven games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves.

Ivan Barbashev scored two goals and had an assist, Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists, and Jack Eichel chipped in with two assists for Vegas, which took its fourth loss in its past six games (2-3-1). Carl Lindbom stopped 21 of 26 shots in his third career NHL start.

Vegas, which held Tampa Bay without a shot on goal for the first 15:35 of the ga

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