Lightning make a loud Point

Brayden Point had two goals and an assist to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-2 victory against the New Jersey Devils yesterday in Tampa, Fla..

Tyler Johnson, Cedric Paquette and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning, who have won three straight games and 5-of-6. Tampa Bay has the best record in the Eastern Conference at 17-6-1. Louis Domingue made 33 saves.

Stefan Noesen and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils. New Jersey goaltender Cory Schneider finished with 30 saves and remains winless (0-15-2) since Dec. 27, 2017, a span of 18 regular-season games. The Devils fell to 2-9 in road games.

Predators 5, Ducks 2 — Austin Watson recorded a hat trick and host Nashville netted two power-play goals in a rout of Anaheim.

Watson entered the game with just one goal and broke loose with scores in each period as Nashville won its sixth straight home game.

Nick Bonino and Craig Smith also scored for the Predators, who are tied atop the NHL with the Lightning at 35 points.

Flames 6, Coyotes 1 — Noah Hanifan and Mark Jankowski each scored twice, former Coyotes goalie Mike Smith just missed his 38th career shutout and Calgary torched host Arizona.

Flames coach Bill Peters was hit in the jaw with a puck while standing in the bench area early in the second period. He needed eight stitches and returned.