Stamkos’ two goals, two assists help Lightning rout Avalanche
TAMPA, FLA. >> Steven Stamkos had two goals and two assists and the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning won their sixth consecutive game, beating the Colorado Avalanche 7-1 Saturday night.
Stamkos scored twice in the first period and had two second-period assists. It was his franchise-best 13th four-point game. CAPITALS 4, BLUE JACKETS
0>> Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 22nd goal and Braden Holtby got his
34th career shutout in Washington’s victory over Columbus.
Holtby finished with
28 saves. Travis Boyd had a goal and an assist, and Brett Connolly and Dmitrij Jaskin also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Ovechkin extended his points streak to 11 straight games, with 10 goals and six assists during the stretch. He also picked up an assist on Boyd’s third-period goal. KINGS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1 >> Derek Forbort had a goal and an assist, Jonathan Quick made 29 saves and Los Angeles beat Vegas.
Nikita Scherbak, Matt Luff, Jeff Carter and Nate Thompson also scored to help the Kings tie their season high from a 5-2 victory over Edmonton Nov. 25. They have two wins in their last five games, and have a league-low 23 points and 65 goals.
Oscar Lindberg scored for Vegas. The Golden Knights had won seven of eight.
RANGERS 5, PANTHERS 4, SO>> Kevin Hayes had the deciding goal in the third round of the shootout, lifting New York past Florida.
After Mika Zibanejad and Kevin Shattenkirk scored in the shootout for New York and Jonathan Huberdeau tallied for Florida, Hayes beat Roberto Luongo to end the Rangers’ threegame losing streak.
Hayes also had a pair of assists. Zibanejad, Vladislav Namestnikov, Matt Beleskey and Fredric Claesson scored in regulation for the Rangers. Keith Yandle, Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, and Huberdeau added a pair of assists. BRUINS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3 >> David Krejci had a goal and assist to move past Hall of Famer Cam Neely for 10th on the Bruins’ career scoring list, and Boston beat Toronto to snap a three-game losing streak.
Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson, David Backes, Ryan Donato, Torey Krug and Danton Heinen also scored for the Bruins, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 29 shots.
Auston Matthews, Travis Dermott and Andreas Johnsson scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen was pulled early in the third after giving up six goals on
28 shots.
SENATORS 2, PENGUINS 1, OT >> Ryan Dzingel scored on a power play at 1:20 of overtime to lift Ottawa past Pittsburgh.
The Penguins were called for too many men on the ice, setting up the winning power play.
Thomas Chabot scored in regulation, Mark Stone assisted on both goals and Craig Anderson made
35 saves. Jean-Sebastien Dea scored for Pittsburgh, and Casey DeSmith stopped
27 shots.
SHARKS 5, COYOTES 3 >> Lukas Radil scored his first NHL goal to break a tie with 5:47 to play in San Jose’s victory over Arizona.
Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture, Evander Kane and Tomas Hertl also scored for San Jose. Aaron Dell, playing for the first time since Nov. 28, stopped 17 shots.
Brad Richardson had a goal and assist, and Nick Schmaltz and Richard Panik also scored for Arizona. Adin Hill made 28 saves. ISLANDERS 3, RED WINGS 2 >> Matt Martin broke a tie with 16:36 remaining, capping New York’s comeback victory over Detroit.
Down 2-0, New York rallied on goals by Casey Cizikas and Ryan Pulock. Justin Abdelkader and Niklas Kronwall scored for Detroit.