Lightning win with Point’s 3 goals, 3 assists
Brayden Point had three goals and three assists, Ni- kita Kucherov added a goal and four assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers 6-3 on Thursday night.
Steven Stamkos and Anthony Duclair also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy fin- ished with 25 saves as the host Lightning came back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2. Tampa Bay holds the top wild card in the Eastern Conference — four points ahead of the New York Islanders and Detroit, who are tied for the second wild card.
HURRICANES 4, PANTHERS 0 »
Evgeny Kuznetsov had his first goal as a member of the Hurricanes and Frederik Anderson recorded his first shutout in more than a year as Carolina beat visiting Florida.
MAPLE LEAFS 6, FLYERS 2 »
Tyler Bertuzzi scored the first of three first-period goals for Toronto that helped chase goalie Samuel Ersson, and scored three more in the third in a win
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Edmonton Kings Vegas Calgary Seattle Ducks
San Jose
Colorado Dallas Winnipeg Nashville Minnesota St. Louis Arizona Chicago
GP W
67 64 65 66 66 64 66 65
CENTRAL DIVISION
67 68 65 67 67 66 67 66
Thursday’s results
42 40 33 35 32 28 23 16
GP W
42 40 41 38 33 34 27 18
at Philadelphia.
L OT Pts GF GA
17 21 21 24 29 24 40 42
L OT Pts GF GA
20 19 19 25 27 29 35 43 8 3 11 7 5 12 3 7 5 9 5 4 7 3 5 5
Minnesota 2, Ducks 0 Buffalo 4, N.Y. Islanders 0 Boston 2, Montreal 1, OT Arizona 4, Detroit 1
Carolina 4, Florida 0 Pittsburgh 6, San Jose 3 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 92 237 182 83 229 182 77 198 174 77 213 199 69 206 213 68 178 184 49 169 238 39 144 259 89 251 202 89 247 209 87 198 157 80 215 203 73 210 216 71 187 201 59 197 223 41 145 235
BRUINS 2, MONTREAL 1, OT »
Jake DeBrusk scored 25 seconds into overtime, and Boston won at Montreal. DeBrusk was set up by Bruins captain Brad Marchand, ending a high-energy night at the Bell Centre. It was DeBrusk’s 16th goal of the
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Florida Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus
season.
GP W
67 68 65 66 66 67 66 64 66 66 67 65 64 66 65 66
Today’s games
45 39 38 35 33 32 25 27
GP W
43 40 34 29 30 32 29 22
L OT Pts GF GA
18 14 19 25 27 30 30 33
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
19 20 25 22 25 30 27 33
4 15 8 6 6 5 11 4 4 6 8 14 9 4 9 11
Ottawa 3, Columbus 2, SO Toronto 6, Philadelphia 2 New Jersey 6, Dallas 2 Calgary 4, Vegas 1 Washington at Seattle, late
Ducks at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Kings at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
DEVILS 6, STARS 2 »
94 221 160 93 225 185 84 237 203 76 230 222 72 225 222 69 200 198 61 184 231 58 205 223
L OT Pts GF GA
90 217 179 86 220 178 76 197 202 72 197 213 69 172 204 68 218 229 67 187 189 55 194 238
Dawson Mercer, Timo Meier and Tomas Nosek all scored within 2 ½ minutes early in the second period and New Jersey broke open a close game for a win at Dallas. Jake Allen allowed two goals on Dallas’ first three shots on goal but went unscathed afterward to finish with 35 saves, some from point-blank range, in his first start for New Jersey since being acquired from Montreal last week.
SABRES 4, ISLANDERS 0 »
Ukko-Pekko Luukkonen stopped 21 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, and Buffalo beat visiting New York Ito match a season high with its third straight win.
COYOTES 4, RED WINGS 1 »
Rookie Logan Cooley had a short-handed goal in the first period, Michael Carcone broke a tie midway through the second and the Arizona won at Detroit. Connor Ingram made 28 stops for Arizona, which also beat Detroit 4-0 last week.
PENGUINS 6, SHARKS 3 »
John Ludvig and Rickard Rakell scored two minutes apart in the third period and Pittsburgh pulled away from San Jose for a win at home.
BLUE JACKETS 3, SENATORS 2, SO »
Claude Giroux scored in regulation and the shootout, leading Ottawa to a come-from-behind victory at Columbus.