Perbix, Lightning rally for OT win against Kings

TAMPA -- Nick Perbix scored at 2:02 of overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied for a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Amalie Arena on Tuesday.

Perbix won it with a backhand after a feed from Brandon Hagel, who tied it with 4:21 left in the third period.

Tyler Motte also scored in the third period, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for the Lightning (20-17-5), who had lost four of six.

"[Hagel] made a great play, it just kind of jumped off my foot and I got around the guy," Perbix said. "I don't find myself on breakaways too often. I guess I took what the goalie gave me."

Phillip Danault and Matt Roy scored, and Trevor Moore had two assists for the Kings (20-10-7), who have lost six in a row (0-3-3). Cam Talbot made 26 saves.

"A couple of critical mistakes, and all of sudden the game is in overtime," Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. "The difference between winning and losing is just a sliver of a moment or a play. We're still finding ourselves on the wrong side. I thought we played a better game tonight than we did in Washington (4-3 loss on Sunday), so maybe we're working our way out of it."

It was Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper’s 500th win. He is the third-fastest to reach the mark behind Scotty Bowman and Bruce Boudreau, and the sixth to do it with one team (500-267-72).

Bowman reached 500 wins in 825 games; Boudreau accomplished the feat in 837.

"I never thought I'd coach one game in this league, let alone win 500 of them; it sneaks up on you," Cooper said. "It's a privilege to be in this league. I'm extremely fortunate to be in this situation with the ownership and the management that's in place. My trust in them and their trust in me, I think that's a big reason why this has worked for a decade."

Danault gave the Kings a 1-0 lead at 11:31 of the second period when he tapped the puck past Vasilevskiy in the low slot off a pass from Jordan Spence. It was Danault’s first goal in 12 games (Dec. 10).

Roy made it 2-0 at 14:27 when he took a pass from Kevin Fiala, skated into the slot and sent a wrist shot past Vasilevskiy.

"We know we're a good team, we can get the lead and we can play with the lead," Roy said. "For some reason, it's just not working right now. We need to figure it out and stick to the details that help us win. Hopefully in the next game (at the Florida Panthers on Thursday) we can have a good effort and come out with a win."

Lightning center Anthony Cirelli thought he cut it to 2-1 at 15:55, but the goal was taken away after Los Angeles successfully challenged he interfered with Talbot prior to poking a loose puck past him from the edge of the crease.

But Tampa Bay broke through at 12:37 of the third period when Motte scored from between the top of the circles after a feed from Michael Eyssimont to make it 2-1.

Hagel tied it 2-2 at 15:39, driving to the net from the right circle before eluding Kings forward Carl Grundstrom and sliding the puck past Talbot.

It was Hagel’s second goal in three games after going 18 without one.

"I think we played really well all around," Hagel said. "They got a couple of rush goals, a little confusion from us. But at the end of the day we didn't feel like we were being outplayed, so we just stuck with it in the third period, and we know the result."

NOTES: It was Perbix’s first goal this season in his 40th game. He also had an assist. … Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak returned after missing three games because of an upper-body injury. He had one shot on goal and five hits in 19:34 of ice time. … Vasilevskiy is 6-0-0 at home against the Kings. … Moore played his 300th NHL game.