PHILADELPHIA – Rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere scored twice in the Flyers 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Monday night.
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The goals were his 13th and 14th on the season and he leads rookie defensemen in scoring this year.
“Didn’t expect any of this to happen,” Gostisbehere said. “Just taking everything in stride and staying within yourself.”
Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds added goals for the Flyers who ended the Lightning’s nine-game win streak.
“It was a real good team effort tonight,” Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. “Guys should enjoy that for a few minutes. Tomorrow’s a day off. Got an opportunity to rest up physically, get away mentally and then we go right back to it.”
The Bolts got goals from Ondrej Palat and Vladislav Namestnikov.
“We got outplayed, outworked, outcompeted, outclassed, out-everythinged,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “So for 60 minutes they were worthy and deserving of winning that game. … We laid an egg tonight.”
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves in the Lightning loss.
“It was all [Vasilevskiy],” Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said. “He gave us a chance.”
Steve Mason needed to make just 16 saves for the Flyers in the win.
“The beauty about this sport is we got a game tomorrow against a divisional opponent and we obviously have to have a bounce back,” Stamkos said. “… I expect a bounce back from this group tomorrow.”
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