# The Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from two goals down to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2.

> Tampa Bay won 4-2 despite falling behind Vancouver in a game played Saturday at Benchmark International Arena. Linus Karlsson scored in the first period, and Elias Pettersson added a goal at 4:35 of the second.

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Nikita Kucherov scored at 6:30 and 11:23 to tie the game; Jake Guentzel put Tampa ahead at 2:04 of the third period. Pontus Holmberg made it 4-2 at 15:57. Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves for Vancouver and Dennis Hildeby stopped 12 for Tampa Bay.

## Data

### Goals scored

Goals scored by each team

Methodology: Each value is the team’s goal count in the game, according to the official recap.

| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 4 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 2 |

Sources: <https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-tampa-bay-lightning-game-recap-october-17-2026> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/vancouver-canucks-tampa-bay-lightning-2-4-2026-10-17/data/match-goals?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/vancouver-canucks-tampa-bay-lightning-2-4-2026-10-17/data/match-goals?lang=en&format=csv)

## Sources

- [NHL.com](<https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-tampa-bay-lightning-game-recap-october-17-2026>) (Source checked: 2026-10-19; Published: 2026-10-18)

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