Nikita Kucherov scored the game-winning goal in a shootout as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their franchise-record-tying 11th straight victory by edging the host Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Kucherov couldn’t extend his 10-game point streak, but he was able to give the Lightning the win after Tampa Bay’s Gage Goncalves and Pittsburgh’s Egor Chinakhov each got on the board in the shootout. Tampa Bay matched the club-record streak produced in the 2019-20 season.
Tampa Bay’s J.J. Moser netted a third-period goal, while Andrei Vasilevskiy won his eighth straight start with 26 saves.
Evgeni Malkin tallied late in the third period for the Penguins, while goalie Arturs Silovs stopped 30 shots. Pittsburgh has now lost three consecutive contests after a six-game winning streak.
Blue Jackets 5, Flames 3
Boone Jenner broke a late third-period tie, leading host Columbus to a victory over Calgary in the debut of new Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness.
Charlie Coyle scored twice in a three-point game, Zach Werenski produced one goal and two assists and Dante Fabbro added a goal for the Blue Jackets, who fired coach Dean Evason on Monday and hired Bowness. Jenner registered a “Gordie Howe hat trick” — a goal, an assist and a fight — while Jet Greaves made 29 saves.
Morgan Frost and Mikael Backlund each logged one goal and one assist for the Flames, who have lost five of six games. Rasmus Andersson added a goal while Yegor Sharangovich and Connor Zary both collected a pair of assists. Dustin Wolf stopped 38 shots.
Predators 4, Oilers 3 (OT)
Defenseman Roman Josi’s second goal of the game with 1:17 left in overtime gave host Nashville a win over Edmonton.
Steven Stamkos and Erik Haula also scored for the Predators, who have won three of their last four. Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots.
Connor McDavid had two assists for the Oilers to extend his point streak to 20 games on his 29th birthday. Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists and Zach Hyman scored twice for Edmonton, which is 3-0-2 in its past five games. Tristan Jarry, who returned after missing a month with a lower-body injury, made 23 saves.
Senators 2, Canucks 1
Artem Zub and Jordan Spence each scored within a 15-second span in the first period as host Ottawa ended a season-high four-game losing streak.
Leevi Merilainen stopped 19 of 20 shots to earn his seventh win this season as the Senators climbed out of last place in the Eastern Conference.
Vancouver is on an eight-game winless streak (0-6-2) and has gone 1-8-2 over its past 11 games. Elias Pettersson scored the Canucks’ only goal, and Kevin Lankinen made 38 saves on 40 shots.
Capitals 4, Canadiens 2 (OT)
After Ethen Frank recorded two third-period goals, Connor McMichael scored with 39 seconds left in overtime as host Washington rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Montreal.
Frank scored on a deflection at 5:06 of the third period, and he tied the contest with 1:54 remaining in regulation. In OT, the Capitals’ Dylan Strome sent a puck toward the net, where McMichael eventually corralled the puck and sent it in.
Logan Thompson made 24 saves for Washington. Sam Montembeault turned aside 39 shots for the Canadiens, who got goals from Josh Anderson and Brendan Gallagher.
Bruins 3, Red Wings 0
Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 shots as host Boston recorded its second straight shutout, defeating Detroit.
Pavel Zacha, Fraser Minten and Mark Kastelic scored the goals as the Bruins cruised to their fourth straight victory and sixth in seven contests. They dominated to the tune of a 41-24 shots-on-goal advantage, including a 16-2 edge in the third period.
Cam Talbot stopped 38 shots for the Red Wings, who had a four-game win streak snapped and were shut out for the third time this season.
Blues 3, Hurricanes 0
Joel Hofer made 33 saves for his fourth shutout of the season as host St. Louis blanked Carolina.
Nick Bjugstad, Dalibor Dvorsky and Jimmy Snuggerud scored for the Blues, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Already short-handed, St. Louis won despite playing without top center Robert Thomas (lower-body injury) and key defenseman Philip Broberg (concussion protocol), who were hurt in the previous game.
Brandon Bussi made 28 saves for the Hurricanes, whose five-game point streak (4-0-1) came to an end.
Jets 5, Islanders 4
Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg used a four-goal second period to secure a win against visiting New York.
Josh Morrissey, Jonathan Toews and Dylan DeMelo also scored for the Jets, while Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves.
Anthony Duclair, Emil Heineman, Kyle MacLean and Matthew Schaefer were the Islanders to find the back of the net. Ilya Sorokin registered 17 saves.
Ducks 3, Stars 1
Chris Kreider scored what proved to be the game-winning goal as host Anaheim snapped a nine-game losing streak with a win over Dallas.
Beckett Sennecke and Jacob Trouba had the other goals for the Ducks, and Lukas Dostal made 24 saves. Anaheim ended its 0-8-1 skid and took two of three meetings against the Stars this season.
Roope Hintz tallied for the Stars, who lost in regulation for the first time in four contests (2-1-1). Casey DeSmith stopped 22 shots.
Mammoth 6, Maple Leafs 1
Dylan Guenther and Jack McBain recorded three points each as Utah earned a dominant win over Toronto in Salt Lake City.
Guenther tallied two goals and one assist, and McBain had one goal and two assists. Ian Cole, Michael Carcone and JJ Peterka also had multi-point nights. Karel Vejmelka waited nearly eight minutes to face his first shot, turning away 19 of 20 on the night.
Veteran Calle Jarnkrok scored the only goal for the Maple Leafs, whose 10-game point streak ended (8-0-2). Dennis Hildeby stopped 34 of 40 shots.
–Field Level Media
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