Andreychuk's first priority is wins

TAMPA -- Dave Andreychuk doesn't give a (expletive) about scoring goals. That's what the Lightning captain said Tuesday when asked about a stretch in which he has four goals in 21 games.

"I have enough goals," he said. "The bottom line with this team is we get in the playoffs no matter who gets the goals and who doesn't get the goals. If I don't score the rest of the year and we get into the playoffs, it's fine with me."

Andreychuk has 609 goals, including an NHL-record 256 on the power play. It's safe to say Tampa Bay is counting on the 21-year veteran to pop a few in here and there.

He did that 10:21 into the first period of a 2-0 win over the Mighty Ducks to move past former Lightning Dino Ciccarelli into 12th all-time and one behind Bobby Hull for 11th.

"I know some of my goals are counted on for us to get some wins, so that's the pressure that I put on it," he said. "As long as we're winning with me not scoring, it's no problem. If we're losing and I'm not scoring, then it's a problem."

"It does matter who scores goals and who gets involved in the offense," center Brad Richards said. "He just means that we need wins and nothing else matters."

KUBINA RETURNS: Pavel Kubina was back after missing three games with a sore neck and headaches after being checked from behind into the boards Feb. 17 by Washington's Peter Bondra. The defenseman, who played 18:02 and was plus-1, said he still has a slight headache but the ringing in his ears stopped and his neck is pain-free.

PROSPAL REPENTS: There is nothing he can do about it now, so Vinny Prospal wants to move on. The left wing's ill-advised pass into the Tampa Bay slot Sunday led to Maxim Afinogenov's goal that gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead en route to a 4-1 victory.

Coach John Tortorella called the gaffe "unforgivable."

"It doesn't matter what I'm going to say what I was doing," Prospal said. "I made a mistake and it ended up in our net. It was a costly mistake and I can't take it back. I can't keep thinking about it and reminding myself. I just have to make sure I don't make that mistake again."

ODDS AND ENDS: Right wing Jimmie Olvestad, a healthy scratch in 14 consecutive games, was sent to AHL Springfield on a two-week conditioning assignment. He is expected back March10. ... Left wing Ruslan Fedotenko (fractured finger) and defenseman Darren Rumble were scratched. ... It was the first NHL meeting between Lightning center Alexander Svitov and Ducks left wing Stanislav Chistov, both of whom played for Omsk in the Russian elite league. Svitov joked that he told Chistov he would score two goals. "Maybe," Svitov said.