Lightning halts Capitals’ streak

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves, Anthony Cirelli had a goal and two assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning won on home ice against Washington 3-2 Monday, ending the Capitals’ eight-game, seasonopening point streak.

Tampa Bay also got goals from Alex Killorn and Brayden Point. Taylor Raddysh picked up his first NHL point, coming in his eighth game, by assisting on Point’s goal

Brett Leason got his first NHL goal and Conor Sheary also scored for the the Capitals, who came in 5-0-3. Vitek Vanecek stopped 23 shots.

Washington star Alex Ovechkin had his seasonopening eight-game point streak (nine goals, six assists) end. He remains two goals away from tying Brett Hull (741) for fourth place all-time.

Ovechkin had a shot on goal and two more attempts from the top of the left circle blocked by Erik Cernak during a late firstperiod power play. He had a drive from the left circle during a 2-on-1 midway through the second stopped by Vasilevskiy.

Killorn and Cirelli had second-period goals as Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead. Point put the the Lightning ahead 3-1 at 2:56 of the third.

Sheary’s power-play goal got Washington to 3-2 with 8:22 left.

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Rangers: Adam Fox agreed to terms on a seven-year extension with New York, a deal that keeps the Norris Trophywinning defenseman under contract through 2029.

Blackhawks: Forward Patrick Kane has been removed from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol and was in the lineup Monday for Chicago against Ottawa. He missed the previous four games.

Penguins: Defensemen Marcus Pettersson and Chad Ruhwedel entered the COVID-19 protocol after testing positive.