PHILADELPHIA – The visiting Tampa Bay Lightning scored twice in each period on Tuesday and doubled up the Flyers, 6-3.
Olle lycksell #62 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Conor Sheary #73 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov hit for a hat trick and four points in the win.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves in the win.
The Lightning improved to 25-18-5 off their sixth win in seven games.
Tampa took a 2-0 lead in the opening stanza, starting with a strike by Brayden Point at 1:46Â for a 1-0 lead.
Kucherov potted his first of the night at 18:45, just as a power play ended for a 2-0 advantage headed to the middle frame.
The Flyers dropped to 25-17-6 off their third straight loss.
Kucherov collected his double on a power play at 2:24 of the second period for a 3-0 lead to the Lightning.
Cam Atkinson got the Flyers on the board midway through the second to trim the deficit to 3-1.
The Flyers shaved the Tampa lead to 3-2 when Jamie Drysdale hit off the power play at 14:04.
Tampa replied with a power play goal by Michael Eyssimont at 17:42 for a 4-2 advantage headed to the third period.
In the third, the Flyers got one back on a marker from Cam York with 42 seconds of fresh ice used in the third period for a 4-3 count to Tampa..
Cam York made it 4-3 42 seconds into the third period when he scored on a rebound off his own shot. He whacked the puck from mid-air past Vasilevskiy.
The score stayed that way until Brandon Hagel hit an empty net with 60 seconds left on the regulation clock for a 5-3 lead.
Kucherov collected his hats with an empty-net marker with 11 seconds left in the game for the 6-3 final on the scoreboard. 
Samuel Ersson made 15 saves in the loss..
Brayden Point #21 of the Tampa Bay Lightning congratulated by teammate for his goal in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers attempts to score against Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Cam York #8 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Luke Glendening #11 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Cam Atkinson #89 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Steven Stamkos #91 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 of the Tampa Bay Lightning reaches for the puck.
Cam Atkinson #89 of the Philadelphia Flyers congratulated for his goal in the second period.
Philadelphia Flyers Jamie Drysdale #9 is congratulated by his teammates for his first goal as a Flyers player
Brayden Point #21 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Michael Eyssimont #23 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Michael Eyssimont #23 of the Tampa Bay Lightning is checked to the ice by Rasmus Ristolainen #55 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 of the Tampa Bay Lightning makes a stick save
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Emil Martinsen Lilleberg #78 of the Tampa Bay Lightning mix it up after play is stopped.
Philadelphia Flyers Travis Konecny #11 and Sean Couturier #14 reach for the puck on the stick on Victor Hedman #77 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
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