Tampa Bay 6, Nashville 1

First Period_1, Nashville, Grimaldi 2 (Malone, Jarnkrok), 4:43. 2, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 6 (Sergachev, Point), 11:28. 3, Tampa Bay, Palat 5 (Stamkos, Point), 12:31 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Joseph 3 (Maroon, Sergachev), 14:03. Penalties_McDonagh, TB (Boarding), 1:50; Ellis, NSH (Interference), 4:51; Rutta, TB (Cross Checking), 8:37; Cernak, TB (Roughing), 9:21; Nashville bench, served by Malone (Roughing), 9:21; McCarron, NSH (Cross Checking), 9:21; Malone, NSH (Hooking), 11:51; Joseph, TB (Interference), 17:24.

Second Period_None. Penalties_Killorn, TB (Tripping), 6:06.

Third Period_5, Tampa Bay, Gourde 4 (Hedman, Sergachev), 6:40. 6, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 7 (Point, Palat), 14:34 (pp). 7, Tampa Bay, Joseph 4 (Volkov, Hedman), 16:19 (pp). Penalties_Ellis, NSH (High Sticking), 12:41; Jarnkrok, NSH (Misconduct), 14:34.

Shots on Goal_Tampa Bay 11-10-9_30. Nashville 11-10-12_33.

Power-play opportunities_Tampa Bay 3 of 5; Nashville 0 of 4.

Goalies_Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 7-1-1 (33 shots-32 saves). Nashville, Saros 3-3-0 (30-24).

A_0 (17,113). T_2:33.

Referees_Chris Lee, Peter MacDougall. Linesmen_Julien Fournier, Vaughan Rody.