Steven Stamkos scored his 15th goal at 2:56 of overtime to give the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning their second consecutive win, 4-3, against the Atlanta Thrashers yesterday.

The Thrashers, who ended a five-game homestand with three consecutive losses, tied it, 3-3, on Slava Kozlov's second goal and rookie Evander Kane's seventh in a 1:52 span late in the third period.

But Stamkos, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 draft, ended the game by taking Martin St. Louis' pass from the left circle and beating Atlanta goaltender Ondrej Pavelec with a tip-in.

Lightning goaltender Antero Niittymaki, who has won 15 consecutive against the Southeast Division and three of four overall, improved to 15-0-0 in his career against Atlanta. Niittymaki stopped 28 of 31 shots.

• Blackhawks 1, Canucks 0: Bryan Bickell scored 1:12 into the first period and that goal held up as visiting Chicago edged Vancouver.

• The banged-up Detroit Red Wings lost defenseman Niklas Kronwall for four to eight weeks with a sprained ligament in his left knee.

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