Lightning edge Predators, 4-3
Andreychuk is the NHL’s career power-play goal leader with 272. He has 637 goals overall, but just three this season.
Grahame made 13 saves in breaking the old Lightning mark set by Nikolai Khabibulin during the their Stanley Cup championship run in 2004. Khabibulin signed with the Chicago Blackhawks during the offseason.
Martin St. Louis, Darryl Sydor and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won five straight and 10 of 12. St. Louis has scored goals in four straight games.
The Predators got goals from Kimmo Timonen, Jeremy Stevenson and Adam Hall. They have lost two straight after winning six of seven.
Nashville failed to get a shot during a 5-on-3 power play that lasted 1 minute, 29 seconds. The advantage started late in the second period and carried over into the third. Marek Zidlicky hit the crossbar with 26.9 seconds left in the second.
Backup goalie Chris Mason, filling in for the injured Tomas Vokoun, stopped 25 shots. Vokoun strained his left knee in Thursday’s 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers and is expected to be out one-to-two weeks.
Timonen put Nashville ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal at 5:23 of the second. Andreychuk tied it on his power-play goal at 9:31 before St. Louis made it 2-1 with 2:30 left in the second.
Sydor gave the Lightning a two-goal lead at 5:15 of the third with his first goal in 49 games.
Lecavalier added a power-play goal with 10:50 left. Andreychuk assisted on the goal, moving him into a tie for 24th place on the career list with Mike Gartner.
Stevenson got Nashville within 4-2 at 11:08. Hall scored with 11.5 seconds remaining
Notes:@ St. Louis has five goals and nine points during a six-game point streak. … The Predators played in Tampa for the first time since a 2-2 tie on Dec. 21, 2002.