Back on home ice, Kucherov has two assists in Lightning win - ESPN

TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point scored two goals, Anthony Cirelli added another and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight home win.

Reigning NHL MVP Nikita Kucherov had two assists in his first home game since asking the Lightning for a trade. He was greeted warmly, for the most part, with fans holding up «We Stand with Kuch 86» and «Pay Stay Kuch» signs at the glass during pregame warmups.

Lucas Raymond and J.T. Compher scored Detroit's goals. The Red Wings pulled their goalie for an extra shooter for the final three minutes and put plenty of pressure on Andrei Vasilevskiy but couldn't get the tying goal. Ryan McDonagh slid an empty-netter down the ice with one second left.

Point gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal in the first period. He didn't quite get everything on his shot in the low slot off Kucherov's centering pass but it went past goaltender John Gibson.

Point snapped a shot over Gibson's glove 5:07 later to make it 2-0. Kucherov set it up with another perfect pass. Gibson was replaced by Daniil Tarasov to start the second period after stopping 11 of 13 shots in the first.

Cirelli lifted his fifth goal past Tarasov into the top left corner for a 3-0 lead in the second period.

Raymond fired a shot from the left point past Vasilevskiy midway through the second to cut it to 3-1. The Red Wings got within 3-2 less than six minutes into the third when Compher scored a power-play goal, blasting a shot from the right circle underneath Vasilevskiy's left pad.

Kucherov has five assists in two games since informing the team he wants to be traded. Kucherov said Monday he made the request because he feels disrespected by a lack of communication