Wednesday, 4 a.m.
For a period and a half, the Tampa Bay Bay Lightning looked as if it was still somewhere on the road.
The Bolts, after a return from the west coast, were sluggish and sleepy looking. They fell behind 2-0 in the first period and 3-1 midway through the second.
Turns out, there was plenty of time left for a wake-up call.
The Bolts scored the games' final five goals to coast to a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Wild at Benchmark International Arena. The Bolts now have points in five straight games (4-0-1).
The game was tied at 3-3 with less than three minutes to play.
Erik Cernak scored wth winning goal, only his second of the season. Cernak swooped in after Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson fumbled the puck.
Darren Raddysh tied a Bolt record with his 20th goal by a defenseman.
Also scoring was Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel and Pontus Holmberg.
Bolts' goalie Andri Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 23 shots for his 34th win.
The Bolts are home at Benchmark on Thursday night at 7 p.m. against Seattle.