TAMPA Adidas Evgeny Svechnikov Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point’s prettiest goal didn’t count.The two that did helped the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning win, again.Point had a tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period and added a late empty-netter in the NHL-leading Lightning’s 3-1 comeback victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.“We have confidence if we keep sticking with it,” Point said.After Point scored from in-close with 3:15 left, the center got his 28th goal into the empty net during the final minute.Tampa Bay had a nifty breakaway goal by Point with 9:51 left in the second disallowed after a video review requested by the Hurricanes that determined the play was offside because Tyler Johnson had not completely left the ice on a line change.Point had his original shot stopped by Petr Mrazek but put home a rebound by knocking in an ankle puck.“A pretty clear offside,” Point said.Tampa Bay has 70 points with 38 games to play.Ondrej Palat also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves. Point also had an assist.Tampa Bay is 18-2-2 against Carolina since the start of the 2012-13 season. The Lightning are 12-0-0 against the Metropolitan Division.Justin Williams picked up his 300th NHL goal for the Hurricanes, who had a five-game winning streak end. Mzarek 27 stopped shots.“It’s not easy,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “When you play a team like Tampa, we’re in a good position and then to lose it that way, that’s a tough way to lose. You almost rather lose 8-0.”The Lightning Adidas Jonathan Bernier Jersey , 17-1-1 over the last 19 games, won their ninth consecutive at home.The Lightning’s NHL-best power play converted its fifth chance when Steven Stamkos‘ shot was blocked and the puck went through the slot to Palat, who tied it at 1 at 11:56 of the third.Williams opened the scoring with a rebound goal from the low left circle 4:34 into the second.Mzarek is 1-10-2 with a shutout in the regular season against the Lightning. He went 4-6 against Tampa Bay in the playoffs while with Detroit, including a key role in a near upset of the eventual Eastern Conference champion Lightning in a seven-game opening round series in 2015.“He made some real big saves,” Brind’Amour said. “Unfortunately we didn’t get enough offense to support him tonight.”Tampa Bay star Nikita Kucherov got his 72nd point with an assist. He has been held pointless in just nine games.NOTES: Tampa Bay is 6-5-0 when trailing after two periods. “It was like we were in quicksand,” Cooper said of the first two periods. . Williams has 18 goals in 52 games against Tampa Bay. … Lightning RW Ryan Callahan (upper body) missed his second straight game and is day to day. … Victor Hedman played in his 663rd game and moved past Pavel Kubina for the most by a Tampa Bay defenseman.UP NEXTHurricanes: Host Buffalo on Friday night.Lightning: At Buffalo on Saturday night. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Johnson had a key goal and a tussle with Sidney Crosby, too.Johnson and J.T. Miller scored third-period goals as the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped a rare two-game skid with a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.After Johnson got his first goal in 15 games just under five minutes into the period, Miller gave Tampa Bay a 5-3 lead with 5:57 remaining.“I knew it was just a matter of time,” Johnson said of his 19th goal.Tanner Pearson pulled the Penguins within 5-4 shortly after Miller’s goal off a steal and pass from behind the net by Crosby.Crosby played in his 916th game Adidas Paul Thompson Jersey , moving past Mario Lemieux for the most in Penguins history.Johnson checked Crosby into the boards midway through the second period, and the Penguins star dropped his gloves during a scrum between the two. Both were given roughing penalties at 13:14.The game also had two fighting majors and a pair of 10-minute misconducts.“I just think it’s two quality teams,” Johnson said. “Very competitive. Both teams hate to lose, and both teams give it their all. Those things are going to happen.”The Lightning have lost two in a row just twice this season.Yanni Gourde, Erik Cernak and Anthony Cirelli also scored for the NHL-leading Lightning, who reached 40 wins for the sixth consecutive season. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves.The Penguins also got goals from Garrett Wilson, Jared McCann and Bryan Rust, and Casey DeSmith stopped 29 shots.Pittsburgh, 2-5-1 over its last eight games, tied it at 3-all on 4-on-4 second-period goals by McCann and Rust.“I still think to a certain extent Adidas Troy Brouwer Jersey , the type of mistakes that we make, we beat ourselves,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. “I thought our fight was there all night long. We pushed back.”Cirelli stopped a 21-game drought with his fourth short-handed goal to put Tampa Bay ahead 3-1 at 7:42 of the second.The Penguins have allowed eight short-handed goals.“I have nothing more to say about the power play,” Sullivan said.Tampa Bay went up 2-1 on goals by Gourde and Cernak in the first. Brayden Point set up Gourde during a 2-man breakaway at 15:02, and Cernak scored 57 seconds later.Wilson got his first NHL goal — coming in his 26th game this year and 60th overall — at 13:36 of the first.Pittsburgh fell to 18-11-5 when scoring first.Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov, who entered with an NHL-best 81 points, was minus-four and had one shot. He has not scored a goal in 10 straight games.“I don’t worry about Kuch,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said.NOTES: Pittsburgh C Evgeni Malkin missed his fifth straight game but took part in the morning skate. … Cirelli became the third NHL player to have four short-handed goals this season. … Penguins G Matt Murray was the backup after missing the previous game with an upper-body injury. … Lightning D Braydon Coburn played in his 900th NHL game and had an assist.UP NEXTPenguins: Complete a three-game trip Monday night at Florida.Lightning: Play Sunday at Florida.