TAMPA Custom New Jersey Devils Jerseys , Fla. (AP) Nikita Kucherov got the Tampa Bay Lightning off to a strong start in their first home game in three weeks.Kucherov stopped an 11-game goal drought, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his NHL-best 32nd victory, and the Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday night.Yanni Gourde, Adam Erne, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman also scored for the Lightning, who returned home after a 5-3 trip.”We had the puck a lot because we were smart with it in the neutral zone,” Stamkos said. ”It allowed dominating shifts in their defensive zone.”Vancouver’s Brock Boeser scored his 26th goal and Anders Nilsson stopped 31 shots.”They know how to put the puck in the net,” Nilsson said. ”That’s a good team over there. I felt OK but obviously none of us were good enough.”Kucherov opened the scoring on his 28th goal by converting a rebound 14:36 into the first period.”You’re not going to keep a kid like that down for long www.officialislanders.com ,” Stamkos said. ”It was a matter of time. You could tell by his celebration he was happy to score.”After Gourde got his 20th goal during a power play at 1:38 of the second, Erne made it 3-0 with 6:20 left in the second in his first NHL game this season.The Lightning recalled Erne from Syracuse of the AHL before the game.”I was a little nervous in the beginning,” Erne said.Stamkos completed Tampa Bay’s three-goal second when he picked his up 20th goal late in the period.”I didn’t think our first two period were as bad as the score, Canucks center Henrik Sedin said. ”It should not have been 4-0 after two periods. Daniel (Sedin) has a couple of good chances and we just don’t score.”Stamkos tied Martin St. Louis for the second most 20-goal seasons in Lightning history with nine. Vincent Lecavalier tops the list with 12.Boeser, the MVP at last month’s NHL All-Star game in Tampa, had a power-play goal early in the third.Sven Baertschi cut the deficit to 4-2 midway through the period.Hedman had a late power-play goal.NOTES: Canucks C Sam Gagner, with a sprained ankle, sat out. … Vancouver C Brenden Gaunce will miss two to four weeks with a foot injury. … Tampa Bay D Dan Girardi returned after missing three games due to a lower-body injury. … The Lightning have out scored their opponents 73-45 in the second period. … Gourde has a three-game goal streak. … Canucks C Markus Granlund left with an ankle injury and is returning to Vancouver. … Nilsson is 0-3 against Tampa Bay.UP NEXTCanucks: Play Friday night at Carolina.Lightning: Will retire Lecavalier’s uniform No. 4 before Saturday night’s home game against Los Angeles. He will join St. Louis as the only Tampa Bay players so honored. Los Angeles Kings goalkeeper Jonathan Quick could return from a lower-body injury when the New York Islanders visit Staples Center on Thursday night.Quick New York Islanders T-Shirts Authentic , a three-time NHL All Star and 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner, sustained the injury during practice on Oct. 7, two days after a 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks in the season opener.Jack Campbell has played the past five games and went 2-3-0 with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.Article continues below ...The Kings have lost two in a row while getting outscored 9-2.The Islanders (2-3-0) have also dropped two in a row after losing 4-1 at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Robin Lehner will start in goal for New York after Thomas Greiss gave up three goals on 24 shots against Anaheim.Lehner made 35 saves in a 4-0 shutout against the Sharks on Oct. 8, but gave up four goals on 28 shots in a 5-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Saturday.Lehner has struggled against Los Angeles in his career, owning a 1-5-0 mark, 3.08 GAA and .908 save percentage.Quick went through a normal practice Wednesday, giving promise that he would return to the lineup in the near future.“I just want to feel good and confident out there and feel like you’re not risking further injury,” he told LA Kings Insider. “Just always constantly working towards those goals.”Kings coach John Stevens added that he’ll need to get a thumbs up from the medical staff before he decides when to insert Quick into the lineup.“I’ve got to wait for them to tell me New York Islanders Hoodies Authentic , No. 1, that he’s ready to go, and No. 2, there’s no risk of re-injury,” Stevens said.Quick has put up good numbers the limited times he has faced the Islanders.He’s 5-1-2 with a 1.59 GAA and .935 save-percentage.Los Angeles also recalled forward Sheldon Rempal, who could make his NHL debut against the Islanders.Rempal is the leading scorer for Ontario of the American Hockey League, totaling four goals and four assists in four games.He had 23 goals and 23 assists in 39 games with Clarkson University last season. He signed a two-year entry-level contract as an unrestricted free agent last March.“He’s obviously played really well down there,” Stevens told LA Kings Insider. “I thought he looked good in practice (Wednesday) New York Islanders Hats Authentic , played with really good pace, really good skill and he had really good confidence, so it was good to see.”Islanders fourth-line center Casey Cizikas returned to the lineup on Wednesday night after missing the previous game with a lower-body injury and scored the lone goal for New York with 34 seconds left.