TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Pavel Kubina scored a shorthanded goal with 92 seconds left in overtime Tuesday to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.
Taking the puck from behind his own blue line on a turnover, Kubina skated past Yannick Tremblay and Slava Kozlov before putting a backhand shot past Pasi Nurminen for the winning goal.
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The Lightning earned their franchise-record fourth straight win after blowing a 2-0 lead. Cory Stillman scored power-play goals in the first two periods.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored his league-leading sixth goal with 4:01 left and Marc Savard tied the game 2:39 later as the Thrashers ended the shutout bid of Nikolai Khabibulin, who made 37 saves.