Lightning snap skid
Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat scored on the power play and Yanni Gourde added a shorthanded goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Saturday to snap a season-long four-game losing streak.
Alex Killorn scored his 24th goal of the season to help the Lightning win for the first time since an 11game winning streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy ended a threegame losing streak with 18 saves.
The victory came soon after the Lightning announced team captain Steven Stamkos will undergo surgery for a core muscle injury and was expected to miss the rest of the regular season and potentially the first round of the playoffs. Tampa Bay is second in the Atlantic Division and the playoffs are scheduled to begin the week of April 6.
Canadiens 4, Hurricanes 3 — Jeff Petry scored 52 seconds into overtime. Phillip Danault, Max Domi and Brendan Gallagher scored in regulation for the Canadiens, who snapped a two-game skid despite giving up a 3-0 lead. Tomas Tatar had two assists.
Charlie Lindgren made 27 saves in his first start since Feb. 4. Carey Price got the night off after playing 11 consecutive games.
Haydn Fleury, Joel Edmundson and Justin Williams scored for the Hurricanes, who forced overtime after being down 3-0.
Kings 2, Devils 1 — Adrian Kempe scored in overtime for Los Angeles.
Dustin Brown also scored and Jonathan Quick made 32 saves for the Kings. Los Angeles is 3-1-1 in its past five games.
Mackenzie Blackwood had his six-game winning streak broken despite making 36 saves, and the Devils earned a point for the fifth straight game.
Blackhawks 3, Panthers 2 — Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews each scored in the shootout to lift Chicago.
Toews also had a goal and an assist in regulation, and Drake Caggiula also scored for the Blackhawks. Corey Crawford made 38 saves and stopped both of Florida’s shots in the shootout.
The Panthers have lost six straight home games.
Avalanche 3, Predators 2 — Pavel Francouz made 30 saves in a career-best sixth straight win, and Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist for Colorado.
Gabriel Landeskog and Martin Kaut also scored for the Avalanche, who matched a season high with their sixth-straight win.
Colorado also won a franchise-best ninth consecutive road game and recorded its 11th win in February, also a franchise best.
Viktor Arvidsson and Calle Jarnkrok scored for Nashville, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. Juuse Saros finished with 27 saves.
Senators 4, Red Wings 3 — Artem Anisimov scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner.
Scott Sabourin also scored in regulation for the Senators, who earned their first shootout win of the season. Marcus Hogberg made 25 saves for his fifth win.
Maple Leafs 4, Canucks 2 — Martin Marincin scored a rare goal to put Toronto ahead in the third period, .
Frederik Gauthier, Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman also scored to help the Maple Leafs win for the fourth time in five games. Frederik Andersen stopped 25 shots in his seventh straight start as Toronto increased its lead to five points on Florida -- which lost to Chicago in a shootout ---for third place in the Atlantic Division.
Tyler Motte and Tanner Pearson had goals for Vancouver, which came in six points behind first-place Vegas.