Tampa Bay answered back with a deflection of their own midway through the period that would go on to stand as the game-winner. On a broken play, Point wheeled and fired a shot that Steven Stamkos got a piece of to put the Bolts back up by a goal.
Alex Killorn scored into an empty net in the final minute to round out the scoring.
Vasilevskiy kept the Lightning in the game during long stretches of play in the Tampa Bay zone. The Bolts ended up getting outshot 29-18 but Vasilevskiy backstopped the victory with 27 saves.
The Lightning now turn their attention to Thursday's matchup against the Penguins.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
TBL | 10:57 Brayden Point (19) - Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak
VGK | 15:42 William Carrier (6) - Brayden McNabb, Cody Eakin
TBL | 17:57 Tyler Johnson (13) - Anthony Cirelli, Ondrej Palat
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
VGK | 3:47 Paul Stastny (16) - Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb
TBL | 10:36 Steven Stamkos (24) - Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov
TBL | 19:15 Alex Killorn (21) - Ondrej Palat - EN