SAN JOSE, Calif. — Anthony Cirelli scored a goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves, but it was not enough Thursday night as the Tampa Bay Lightning lost 2-1 to the San Jose Sharks.

San Jose snapped an eight-game winless streak with the win, powered by goals from Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro.

The victory gave the Sharks their first home win since Nov. 29.

San Jose was 0-7-1 in its last eight games and had just one win in 12 games in a stretch that started with an 8-1 loss at Tampa on Dec. 5.

Takeaways

Lightning: Tampa Bay (20-13-2) had won six of eight headed into this three-game California swing but wasn’t able to generate much against San Jose.

Key moment

The Lightning had a chance to tie it in the third period when Macklin Celebrini was sent off for roughing. During the power play, Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman got hit in the ear by a clearing attempt that went right to Barclay Goodrow for a breakaway. Vasilevskiy made the save but Hedman had to go straight to the locker room as he was bleeding from the ear.

Up next

The Lightning visit Los Angeles on Saturday night, while the Sharks host New Jersey that day.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.