NEW YORK -- For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was the feel-good game they wanted to prove they are one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference. The New York Islanders just want to forget about this one.Nikita Kucherov had two goals and two assists, Ben Bishop made 26 saves, and the Lightning beat the New York Islanders 6-1 Tuesday night.Steven Stamkos, Brian Boyle, J.T. Brown, and Valtteri Filppula also scored, and Victor Hedman and Slater Koekkoek each had two assists to help the Lightning snap a three-game skid and finish a 3-3-0 road trip.(Kucherov) is a guy that you want him to have confidence, you want him to get touches early, Lightning captain Stamkos said. Especially coming off that little injury he had. You have a game where you get some points, you start feeling good about your game, its only going to help. He is a huge part of our offense, we are glad that he had a good night tonight.Dennis Seidenberg scored for the Islanders, giving them goals by defensemen in six straight games. Thomas Greiss started in goal and gave up three goals on 11 shots in the first 13:34. He was replaced by Jaroslav Halak, who allowed three goals in the second period and finished with 22 saves.Aint nothing positive, it is what it is, Islanders captain John Tavares said. Got to move on, and get ready for Thursday (against Philadelphia). ... You always try to learn from it. Its a long season and a lot of games still coming up. We just got to put it behind us and get better tomorrow.It was the teams first meeting since the Lightning beat the Islanders in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals last spring.Tampa Bay, coming off a 6-1 loss at the New York Rangers on Sunday, got off to a strong start.Kucherov took a beautiful cross-ice pass from Stamkos on the power play and beat Greiss on the short side to at 3:21.Kucherov doubled the lead with 7:42 left in the first on a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot for another power-play score and his third of the season. Stamkos tip-in 1:16 later made it 3-0 and chased Greiss.Ive been with this group a little while now and when theyve been pushed up against a wall, they usually have pushback, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. I thought it was just a complete effort.Stamkos appeared to have tallied another power-play goal in the first but Islanders coach Jack Capuano challenged and the goal was disallowed for offside after a review.The Lightning outshot the Islanders 14-4 in the first.Boyle lifted a backhand past Halak at 6:17 of the second, Brown converted a short-handed breakaway for his first of the season at 9:30, and Filppula picked up his 149th career goal -- and 49th with Tampa Bay -- with 8:41 remaining in the period to make it 6-0.Seidenberg got the Islanders on the board with a hard slap shot from inside the blue line beyond the right faceoff circle with 30 seconds left in the second.Less than two minutes into the game, Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan laid a big hit on the Lightnings Jonathan Drouin. Ryan Callahan -- playing his second game since offseason surgery -- felt the need to protect his teammate and dropped the gloves with de Haan. Drouin left the game and did not return.You cant get into penalty trouble against good teams, Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. Right from the start, we took the penalty and it just snowballed. . Special teams was a huge factor in tonights game for me.Boyle and Travis Hamonic also fought later in the contest.Hamonic said his team did little to quell the Lightning attack and was eager to get to the Islanders next game, a divisional matchup with the Flyers.They just kept coming and we certainly didnt answer, he said. Its certainly a frustrating night for everybody collectively. We have a quick turnaround. Its a long year. Well right back on it.Game notes A week ago, the Islanders had the leagues best penalty-kill at 95.5 percent (21 for 22) over their first six games. Since then, New York has allowed six goals on 16 power plays over four games. ... Casey Cizikas skated in his 300th career NHL game. ... Islanders rookie Anthony Beauvillier played in his ninth career NHL game. Once the 19-year-old plays his 10th NHL game, it will accelerate his entry-level contract by one season. New Yorks other 19-year-old rookie, Mathew Barzal, has only played two games. ... Tampa Bay scratched C Cedric Paquette and D Nikita Nesterov. . Lightning F Slater Koekkoek made his season debut after being recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Monday.UP NEXTLightning: Host Boston on Thursday night.Islanders: Host Philadelphia on Thursday night. Costa Rica Jerseys From China .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Costa Rica World Cup Jerseys . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. http://www.cheapcostaricajerseys.com/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. 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CINCINNATI -- Right-hander Nick Wittgen walking left-handed Joey Votto -- one of baseballs hottest hitters -- with two outs and the tying run on second base made perfect sense.Until Brandon Phillips came up.Phillips drove in two runs with his second double of the game and the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.Billy Hamilton was on second base and Votto -- leading the NL with a .451 batting average since the All-Star break going into the game -- was on first after being intentionally walked in the seventh inning when Phillips lined a fastball to the gap in right-center field to drive in the go-ahead runs.We had a righty against a lefty, and you dont want that, Wittgen (3-2) said. I didnt make my pitches. I got behind, and he knew a 3-1 fastball was coming. He got good wood on it.Josh Smith (2-1) set up the comeback with two innings of scoreless relief after the Marlins had taken a 2-1 lead on third baseman Eugenio Suarezs two-out error of Marcell Ozunas routine grounder in the fifth. That allowed Christian Yelich to score from second.Blake Wood pitched a perfect eighth and Tony Cingrani retired the side in the ninth for his 15th save in 20 chances and second in two games.The loss cost Miami a chance to move into a three-way tie with San Francisco and Pittsburgh behind St. Louis in the National League wild-card standings.Andrew Cashner was in line for his first win for Miami in his fourth start since being acquired from San Diego on July 29. Cashner, who was 0-2 with a 6.61 ERA with the Marlins, allowed five hits and one run with four walks and one strikeout.I just had good command of my fastball, said Cashner, who fouled a bunt off his right cheek in the fourth but stayed in the game. I got a lot of grounders. I just wish I had gone deeper into the game.He was more aggressive, manager Don Mattingly said. He kept the ball down, and his breaking balls were better. Obviously, he put us in position to win.Homer Bailey, making his fourth start overall and first at home since coming back from Tommy John surgery in May 2015, left trailing 2-1 after five innings.dddddddddddd He gave up all six Miami hits and one earned run -- Ozunas 21st homer leading off the fourth -- with one walk and six strikeouts in his first start in Cincinnati since Aug. 7, 2014.Phillips and Suarez tied the score with consecutive doubles in the fourth.LONG TIME: Ozunas home run was the first allowed by Bailey since the Brewers Aramis Ramirez took him deep on April 23, 2015, at Milwaukee. Bailey underwent Tommy John surgery the next month.SERIES-OUS: Miamis Martin Prado singled in his first at-bat to improve to 6 for 10 in the series. Phillips had to make a leaping catch of Prados hard line drive in his next at-bat. Prado finished the game 6 for 12 in the series.HOTTO: Votto singled in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to nine games (16 for 36, .485).NOTTO: Tucker Barnhart went 0 for 3 with a walk to see his hitting streak stopped at a career-high 12 games.TRAINING ROOMMarlins: Miami will be careful not to overuse 42-year-old RF Ichiro Suzuki with Giancarlo Stanton on the DL. Its important that we dont run him into the ground, Mattingly said. I dont know if he wants to hear that or not. Hes probably in the best shape of anybody on the team.Reds: LF Adam Duvalls left foot is immobilized in a walking boot to help him heal after fouling a ball off it on Monday. 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