Vasilevskiy, Point lead Tampa Bay to victory
Flyers tie record by using their seventh goalie, lose again
TAMPA, Fla. — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves, Brayden Point had two goals and an assist, and the NHLleading Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Tuesday night.
NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, and Mathieu Joseph also scored.
Tampa Bay (33-8-2, 68 points) is two points off the pace of the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens, who set the NHL record for points in a season with 132. The Lightning had a 16-game point streak (15-01) end in a 5-2 loss at San Jose on Saturday. CAPITALS 5, FLYERS 3: In Washington, Jakub Vrana scored twice to set a career high in goals and added an assist to help Washington hand Philadelphia its eighth consecutive loss.
Vrana showed off his speed on his first goal and ended the defending Stanley Cup champions’ 0-for-12 power-play drought with his second. He reached a careerbest 14 goals in Washington’s 42nd game.
McKenna allowed four goals on 25 shots, becoming the seventh Philadelphia goalie to register a loss through 43 games. The Flyers have lost 13 of their past 16 and are second-last in the NHL with 36 points.
JETS 7, AVALANCHE 4: In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Blake Wheeler had a goal and three assists, Mark Scheifele got his 23rd goal and Winnipeg beat Colorado.
Mathieu Perreault, Kyle Connor, Bryan Little, Andrew Copp and Jacob Trouba also scored for Winnipeg. Trouba, Scheifele and Tyler Myers each had two assists.
Gabriel Landeskog scored twice and tied a career high with his 27th goal for Colorado. HURRICANES 4, ISLANDERS 3: In Uniondale, N.Y., Justin Williams scored late in the third period and Carolina snapped New York’s sixgame winning streak.
Williams scored his 10th goal of the season 15 seconds after leaving the penalty box to make it 3-2 with 17:18 left. The 37-year-old flipped a backhand past goaltender Thomas Greiss with an assist from Greg McKegg. PENGUINS 5, PANTHERS 1: In Pittsburgh, Matt Murray stopped 36 shots to remain unbeaten since his return from a lower-body injury, Riley Sheahan and Bryan Rust scored shorthanded goals in the second period and Pittsburgh stopped Florida.
Murray improved to 8-0 with a 1.24 goals-against average and a .966 save percentage in his last eight starts. BRUINS 4, WILD 0: In Boston, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand each had a goal and two assists, Tuukka Rask stopped 24 shots for his first shutout this season and Boston beat Minnesota.
STARS 3, BLUES 1: In St. Louis, Tyler Seguin scored twice, Ben Bishop made several key saves and Dallas beat St. Louis. CANADIENS 3, RED WINGS 2: In Detroit, Brendan Gallagher and Joel Armia scored 66 seconds apart early in the second period, and Montreal edged Detroit. SABRES 5, DEVILS 1: In Buffalo, N.Y., Jeff Skinner got his 29th goal of the season and Buffalo scored five times in the second period to beat New Jersey. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, RANGERS 2: In Las Vegas, Nev., Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves as Vegas beat New York for its seventh straight victory. SHARKS 7, OILERS 2: In San Jose, Calif., Joonas Donskoi scored twice as San Jose routed Edmonton.