TAMPA BAY, Fla. New York Jets Jones Jersey . - Martin St. Louis is doing his part to keep Tampa Bays slim playoff hopes alive. St. Louis scored his second goal of the game 29 seconds into overtime and the Lightning stopped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. Were going to play it out and play it hard, St. Louis said. Its a tough go coming to work when youre in the slide that we were. Now we win a game, the guys feel good about themselves. St. Louis skated into the Hurricanes zone from centre ice, made a backhand pass to himself past Carolina defenceman Brett Carlson and then beat goalie Manny Legace with a wrist shot. Hes one of the special players and has the ability to do special things like that, Legace said. It was a great move. Steve Downie also scored for the Lightning, who won for just the third time in 15 games. Tampa Bay, 12th in the Eastern Conference, is eight points behind eighth-place Boston. You look at the standings, sometimes you get discouraged, St. Louis said. You cant look at the standings. Play the game and try to get a win. The Hurricanes, 16-8-1 in their past 25 games, got goals from Erik Cole and Chad LaRose. We just have to try and do what weve done so well for a long time and put this loss behind us, Carolina coach Paul Maurice said. Downie got Tampa Bay even at 2-2 when he scored on a redirected shot during a power play at 13:03 of the third. With the goal, Downie became the first player since Theo Fleury, then with the New York Rangers, in 2001-02 to have 20 goals and 200 penalty minutes in the same season. The Lightning went 1-of-3 with the man advantage, while Carolina didnt have a power play opportunity. Carolina went up 2-1 on late second-period goals by Cole and LaRose, coming 18 seconds apart. Cole had a low-slot goal with 1:01 to go before LaRose scored from just outside the crease at 19:17. St. Louis put the Lightning up 1-0 from in close off a pass through the low slot by Teddy Purcell at 4:12 of the second. It was St. Louis first goal in eight games. Legace stopped an in-close shot by Alex Tanguay nine minutes into the third, and finished with 24 saves. Tanguay has not scored a goal in his past 16 games. Tampa Bays Antero Niittymaki stopped 27 shots. NOTES: There was a moment of silence before the game for former NHL F Lou Jankowski, a regular in the Lightning press box, who died Sunday at the age of 78. Jankowski played for Chicago and Detroit in the early 1950s. His son, New York Islanders assistant GM Ryan Jankowski, attended the game. ... Referee Kerry Fraser and linesman Mark Pare, who are both retiring after the season, worked their final game in Tampa. New York Giants Jersey .m. on NHL Network and NHL.com and broadcast on XM Radio. 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Pau Gasol added 18 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for the Lakers, who have won 10 in a row at home to improve to 13-1 as the host this season. Andrew Bynum had 14 points and nine rebounds, while Trevor Ariza posted 14 points for LA, which has also won three straight and six of seven. "We could have played better," Lakers forward Lamar Odom said. "This is a team we should have run the score up, but were not playing the right way." Al Jefferson had 20 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Timberwolves, who dropped their ninth straight and fourth straight since Kevin McHale took over as head coach. Craig Smith added 18 points and eight rebounds, while Ryan Gomes had 13 points in the loss. "We were in a great position to win, I just missed a lot of shots," Jefferson said. "They werent falling for me tonight. We made turnovers, but we were in a great position to win." Tied at 57 midway through the third, LA closed on a 12-5 run, thanks to five points apiece from Luke Waltton and Jordan Farmar, to take a 69-62 lead into the fourth. Cowboys Witten Jersey. The Lakers scored five straight points, with three points from Bynum, to take a 76-66 lead with 8:37 left in the game. The TWolves came to within six after Sebastian Telfair hit a couple free throws less than a minute later, but they didnt get closer than that for the remainder of the game. "We held them under 100 points, and we improved on turnovers," said Lakers head coach Phil Jackson. "Were not going on those runs like we have. It doesnt seem like our quickness is there." Bynums layup with 2:17 left in the first put LA up seven, but Minnesota scored the last five points of the opening quarter to cut the deficit to 20-18 heading into the second. An 8-0 Timberwolves run capped by Smiths dunk put the visitors up 28-25, but the Lakers used a 11-3 burst to forge ahead 36-31. Thanks to 10 points from Bryant, Ariza and Gasol, LA lead 42-37 at halftime. Game Notes: Minnesota has lost eight of the last nine meetings with LA..Rashad McCants had 12 points for the TWolves, while Kevin Love pulled down 10 rebounds..The TWolves losing streak is their longest since 1994. ' ' '