"From a team perspective, I thought we played pretty solid and stuck to the game plan," Stamkos said. "We got lots of shots on net. We were forechecking, hard hitting."

Stamkos scored his 15th goal at 2 minutes and 56 seconds of overtime to give the Lightning its second straight win, 4-3 over the Thrashers yesterday in Atlanta.

The Thrashers, who ended five-game homestand with three straight losses, tied it at 3 on Slava Kozlov's second goal and rookie Evander Kane's seventh during 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 improved to 15-0-0 in his career against Atlanta. The former Flyer stopped 28 of 31 shots to show why he began the game as the NHL leader with a 1.93 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage. Improving to 6-1-3, Niittymaki didn't face a shot in overtime.

"Hopefully, he can keep it up," Lightning forward Ryan Malone said. "He made some big saves."

In last night's other game:

* At Vancouver, Bryan Bickell scored his first goal of the season 1:12 into the third period, and Antii Niemi had 30 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 1-0 victory over the Canucks.

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