Eric Staal scored the tying and winning goals to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-3 overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Mark Recchi, Janne Niskala and Vinny Lecavalier scored for Tampa, which led 3-0 about 9 minutes into the second period. The loss denied new Lightning coach Barry Melrose his first victory since 1995, when he left coaching to join ESPN as an analyst.

Staal tied the score at 9:56 of the third period, prompting Lightning goalie Mike Smith to shatter his stick with two hard slams on the crossbar. Staal then got the game-winner from the left circle with 23.6 seconds remaining in the extra period.

Rod Brind’Amour and Matt Cullen also scored for Carolina.