The guests Carolina had before the match won three of four matches and came to Amalie Arena in good shape.
The visitors also started best by making it 1-0 in the middle of the first period.
52 seconds into the second period, the home team equalized in numerical superiority.
Carolina took the lead again but just a minute later Victor Hedman got a pass from Anthony Cirelli in the castle and was able to nicely shoot the equalizer into the crossbar.
But Carolina wanted more and scored 3-2 at the end of the period.
The home team was then able to equalize once again, again in numerical superiority and 3-3 stood the period.
In overtime, Canadian star Steven Stamkos stepped forward and decided the match.
Victor Hedman scored his 19th goal this season and he is approaching the milestone of 20 hits for the first time in his NHL career.