Tampa Bay 5, Nashville 2

First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Palat 4 (Stamkos), 9:13. 2, Tampa Bay, Gourde 2 (Johnson, Cirelli), 13:59. 3, Tampa Bay, Point 3 (Joseph, Sergachev), 19:59. Penalties_Tinordi, NSH (Holding), 1:48; Cernak, TB (Interference), 4:30; Josi, NSH (Tripping), 11:54.

Second Period_4, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 4 (Hedman, Killorn), 7:23 (pp). Penalties_Haula, NSH (Interference), 2:45; Cousins, NSH (Tripping), 6:41; Cernak, TB (Interference), 10:57; Sergachev, TB (Cross Checking), 12:13.

Third Period_5, Nashville, Tolvanen 1 (Haula), 2:53. 6, Nashville, Granlund 3 (Ellis, Josi), 5:41. 7, Tampa Bay, Gourde 3 (Goodrow), 19:44 (en). Penalties_None.

Shots on Goal_Nashville 12-10-5_27. Tampa Bay 10-6-10_26.

Power-play opportunities_Nashville 0 of 3; Tampa Bay 1 of 4.

Goalies_Nashville, Saros 3-2-0 (25 shots-21 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 4-1-1 (27-25).

A_0 (19,092). T_2:31.

Referees_Steve Kozari, Dan O'Rourke. Linesmen_Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray.