Tampa, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Nikita Kucherovs marker with 30.3 seconds left in regulation sent Tampa Bay past Carolina, 2-1, on Thursday. Kucherovs second goal of the contest was a fluke deflection. He appeared to want to pass across from the left circle, but the puck instead changed direction off the skate of Hurricanes defenseman Ron Hainsey in the slot and slid over the goal line. Evgeni Nabokov turned away 29 pucks and picked up his first assist of the season for the Lightning, who had lost two in a row. Justin Faulk tallied and Cam Ward made 25 saves for the Hurricanes, who suffered their fourth straight defeat and third by one goal. The Bolts picked up the games first goal on a power play at the 6:35 mark of the third on another fluke occurrence. Anton Stralman dumped the puck in from the neutral zone, and instead of the puck curling from the right-wing boards around behind Carolinas net, it kicked out into the slot. Kucherov was a step ahead of three Hurricanes players and shot the disc into an empty net. Faulk tied things inside of eight minutes remaining, as his floater from the right point caromed off the stick of Tampas Victor Hedman in front and eluded Nabokov. Game Notes Tampa Bays 41 points ranks best in the Eastern Conference, one point over idle Detroit, and its 19 wins is tied for tops in the East with the Islanders ... Kucherov, who set a new career best with 11 goals this season, posted his second multi-goal effort this year and first since a hat trick on Oct. 28 against the Coyotes. Patrick Mahomes Super Bowl Jersey .7 million, one-year contract.The deal, announced Friday, includes a $50,000 performance bonus if the left-hander appears in 60 games. 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So he referenced Winston Churchill and played along with the uncertainty whether he might make his return Monday night.Griffin spoke for 1 minute, 17 seconds Friday near his locker, the first time he has addressed his injury since the day after he dislocated his left ankle in Week 2.He did not take questions. His appearance was scheduled by the team after reporters suggested that Griffins unavailability to the media was a possible violation of NFL access rules.Coach Jay Gruden hasnt ruled out Griffin for Monday nights game against the Dallas Cowboys, but the coach said the plan remains for Colt McCoy to start. McCoy played the second half after Kirk Cousins was benched at halftime of Sundays win over the Tennessee Titans.Here is Griffins speech, in its entirety:Howre yall doing? Everybodys waiting, I can see it. You guys are ready. Nah, man, a quote that I stumbled upon during this process of being injured, being out, was by Winston Churchill, and it says, Courage is what it takes to stand up and do something. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.So during this time Ive been listening, learning, growing as a player in this offence. Its our job to help this team win, and, you know, Ive been there for Kirk and Colt as much as I possibly can, and being there for this team to make sure theyre as ready as possible during thhis process.dddddddddddd And it (stinks) that I cant get out there and play with them and help them get wins, but Ive been listening to the doctors, listening to the trainers, listening to coaches. Were not going to rush my ankle.You know, its a blessing that I wasnt hurt as bad as it couldve been. Its been a blessing and Ive been recovering right on time, so thats good. But at the same time we dont want to rush that. And its Dallas week. We all want to beat Dallas. We know what this game means for our season, so thats what Ive been trying to do this week, and making sure that Im ready to go, making sure this teams ready to go, and whoever plays quarterback is ready to go. Thats all Ive got to say. Beat Dallas.For the literary record, the quote widely attributed to Churchill actually reads: Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.For the football record, Griffin was again listed as limited in practice Friday. Gruden said McCoy took most of the first-team snaps, and that Griffin took first-team and scout-team snaps. The coach said he wont announce Griffins status for the game until shortly before kickoff.Were still preparing for Colt to be the starter, Gruden said, and Robert is continuing with his practice exertion.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL___Follow Joseph White on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP ' ' '