Lightning beat Hurricanes

Shane O'Brien scored two goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first road victory of the season, 5-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Vincent Lecavalier, Filip Kuba and Vaclav Prospal each scored for the Lightning, who were 0-7 away from home this season. Prospal and Michel Ouellet added two early assists as Tampa Bay won consecutive games following a six-game losing streak.

Johan Holmqvist finished with 40 saves, including an impressive diving glove stop on Erik Cole's short putaway during one of Carolina's few power plays midway through the second period.

Ray Whitney scored early in the third to break up Holmqvist's shutout bid for Southeast Division-leading Carolina, which had little to feel good about after this one. The Hurricanes came in with the NHL's top offense — tallying 58 goals and averaging 3.87 per contest — and ranked No. 2 on the power play, but struggled to get going as the Lightning scored two goals in both the first and second periods to turn this into a rout.

Lecavalier buried a short shot on the right side for the early lead midway through the first period, and O'Brien scored a pair of opportunistic goals.

He scored the first while Carolina appeared to be in position for its own score before a turnover led to 2-on-1 chance the other way for the Lightning. Cam Ward stopped Ouellet's shot on the right side, but O'Brien skated in to bury the loose rebound and make it 2-0 after 20 minutes.

Later, with Carolina on a power play, O'Brien skated out of the penalty box just as Tampa Bay gained possession in its own end. Andreas Karlsson sent a pass off the boards ahead to O'Brien, who was a step behind David Tanabe and buried the breakaway past Ward to make it 4-0 late in the second.

Notes:@ Lecavalier and Prospal each pushed their point streak to four games ... Carolina's Ward and C Jeff Hamilton each played in their 100th NHL games. ... Carolina fell to 0-3 when it trails after the first period, while Tampa Bay improved to 6-1 when leading after the first. ... Carolina C Matt Cullen pushed his assist streak to eight games, but LW Cory Stillman ended an eight-game point streak. ... Tampa Bay hadn't won consecutive games since starting the season 3-0.