TAMPA - Nikita Kucherov scored back-to-back goals to erase a 2-0 deficit Saturday, lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-2 comeback victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Benchmark International Arena and improving the team’s record to 6-2-0 on the season.

The two-goal performance was Kucherov’s first multi-goal game of the year and pushed him to within three points of Steven Stamkos’ franchise all-time scoring record of 1,137 points. The Lightning are now 5-0-0 at home, remaining unbeaten at Benchmark International Arena.

“It was good,” Kucherov said of the team’s response to the 2-0 deficit. “We stuck to the system and when you’re putting pucks to the net, good things happen.”

Tampa Bay generated 27 shot attempts in the first period alone but fell behind when Linus Karlsson beat the Lightning with a slap shot from the right circle with 4:28 left in the opening frame. Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen, who finished with 11 saves in the first period, denied a prime Jake Guentzel chance at the right post and made a sliding stop on an open Victor Hedman look before Elias Pettersson extended the lead to 2-0 on a power play.

Kucherov answered on Tampa Bay’s lone power-play opportunity, converting a Brandon Hagel feed from the left faceoff circle after his initial shot bounced back off Lankinen’s glove. He tied the game five minutes later, accepting a won draw by Brayden Point and snapping the puck inside the right post for the 2-2 goal. Defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous played on the top power-play unit for the tying score.

“I think Pointer’s been great this season,” Kucherov said. “I have a lot of confidence in him, and if he’s in the dot I have a lot of confidence that he’s going to win, and fortunate for me that that went in.”

Kucherov led all skaters with seven shots on goal and has put up 15 shots over his last two games. Coach Jon Cooper, who had noted the team ranked at the bottom of the league on the power play entering Saturday, credited the unit’s adjustment while cautioning against reading too much into the raw numbers.

“The statistics will sit here and say we’re sitting at the bottom of the league on the power play, but I do believe we’ve been a little unfortunate,” Cooper said. “I think we’ve missed some chances that would have been no-brainer goals for us, so the statistic’s probably a little skewed. It was time to try some new things, and I thought we didn’t get many chances, but I thought they made the best of it.”

Guentzel gave Tampa Bay its first lead two minutes into the third period, one-timing a D’Astous pass from the blue line that deflected off a Canucks forward and into the top right corner. Pontus Holmberg sealed the 4-2 final with a shot through Lankinen with four minutes remaining after winning a puck battle on an offensive zone draw. Tampa Bay finished with a 35-14 advantage in shots on goal and a 73-51 edge in shot attempts.

The Lightning also dominated the faceoff circle at 62%, two nights after Cooper had called out the team’s struggles on draws. “I don’t want to nitpick our team as the season’s still in its infancy, but you find little holes in your game,” Cooper said of the emphasis on faceoffs.

“He’s really got that shooter’s mentality going on right now, and I love it,” Cooper said of Kucherov. “That’s how pucks go in the net, especially for guys like him.”

Tampa Bay hits the road for three games, beginning with a 10:30 p.m. ET puck drop against Vegas on Tuesday.