Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots and the Lightning came back to beat the Panthers 5-1 Saturday to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

The Lightning’s offense finally came alive, with goals from Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Nick Paul and Luke Glendening. Anthony Cirelli added an empty-netter with five minutes left.

The Lightning will try to even things up in Game 4 on Monday at Sunrise. The Panthers, however, are 5-0 after taking a 2-0 lead in a playoff series.

Paul gave the Lightning their first lead of the series when he slipped a shot just inside the pad of Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky in the second period.

Guentzel made it a two-goal lead just 21 seconds into the third before the Lightning pulled away later in the period.

Matthew Tkachuk scored for the Panthers, his third of the series. Bobrovsky finished with 17 saves.

Vasilevskiy had given up seven goals in the first two games but was huge on Saturday.

He bounced back from an early Panthers punch and withstood a flurry of shots in the second and third.

MLB: Walt Jocketty, a three-time baseball executive of the year and former general manager for both the Cardinals and the Reds, has died. He was 74. Jocketty died Friday in the Phoenix area, former Cardinals manager Tony La Russa told the team after speaking with Jocketty’s wife Sue. The Cardinals announced the death Saturday. Jocketty had been battling health issues for the several years.

Soccer: Crystal Palace is getting another shot at winning the FA Cup — and won’t have to meet Manchester United in the final this time. Palace beat Aston Villa 3-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to advance to the May 17 title match back at the home of English soccer.