LOS ANGELES (AP) — Victor Hedman had two goals and an assist, Nikita Kucherov extended his scoring tear since returning from injury and the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Los Angeles Kings 6-4 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.

Hedman was one of only four Tampa Bay defensemen who dressed after three were scratched due to injuries. He scored his first goal since Dec. 16 at 13:17 of the first period when he retrieved an errant pass in the Kings zone and beat Cal Petersen glove side on a breakaway to extend his point streak to four games.

Hedman then scored the go-ahead goal at 10:43 of the third when he took Kucherov's pass and scored on a snap shot. It was the ninth multigoal game of Hedman's career, and one of three third-period goals by the Lightning that put the game away.

Kucherov had a power-play goal in the second period along with an assist. The right wing, who missed 32 games with a lower-body injury that required surgery, has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in six games since returning to the lineup.

Mathieu Joseph and Steven Stamkos also had a goal and an assist apiece for the Lightning, who have a 10-game winning streak over the Kings. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots.

Blake Lizotte, Alex Iafallo, Arthur Kaliyev and Phillip Danault scored for the Kings, who have dropped two straight after a four-game winning streak. Petersen made 19 saves.

NIFTY GOAL

Lizotte tied it 1-all at 8:52 of the second when he got the puck from Brayden Point in the corner, skated in and went top shelf on Vasilevskiy.

SPECIAL TEAMS FLURRY

Each team had a short-handed and power-play goal in a span of less than 4 1/2 minutes during the second period.

Iafallo got his first career short-handed goal at 11:44 when he took advantage of a turnover near Tampa Bay's net. The Lightning tied it, though, at 13:03 on Kucherov's one-timer from the right circle.

Tampa Bay took a 3-2 lead with a short-handed goal of its own when Bellemare took Joseph's pass, deked to his backhand and got Petersen out of position at 14:40. Kaliyev evened it with the man advantage at 16:06 when his wrist shot deflected off Hedman's stick and in.

It was the first time since Boston faced St. Louis in December 2008 that both teams had a power-play goal and a short-handed goal in the same period.

Los Angeles is tied for fourth in the NHL with five short-handed goals.

UP NEXT

Lightning: Remain in Southern California to face Anaheim on Friday night.

Kings: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night before playing the next eight scheduled games on the road.

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