Lightning too much for Devils

Brayden Point had two goals and an assist to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday in Tampa, Florida.

Tyler Johnson, Cedric Paquette and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning, who have won three straight games and five of six. 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 (0-152) since Dec. 27, 2017, a span of 18 regularseason games. The Devils fell to 2-9 in road games.

Tampa Bay has outscored the Devils 13-5 in two meetings this season.

The Lightning overwhelmed the Devils to start the game, scoring three times in the opening 10 minutes as Killorn, Point and Johnson scored in the span of 5 minutes, 54 seconds.

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 routed Arizona. Smith, making his first start in five games, made 28 saves in his first win since Nov. 1. Calgary led 6-0 before Clayton Keller scored for Arizona with 6:16 remaining. Three of the Flames’ goals were short-handed. The Coyotes have allowed five shorted-handed goals in their last two games. Sean Monahan and T.J. Brodie also scored for Calgary. PREDATORS 5, DUCKS 2: Austin Watson recorded a hat trick and Nashville netted two power-play goals in a win over 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.