Lightning hold off Capitals

Brayden Point scored two first-period goals and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots to earn his NHLleading 35th victory for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 Tuesday night in a matchup of division leaders.

Chris Kunitz also scored in the opening period, which ended with Tampa Bay up 3-0. That was enough of a cushion for Vasilevskiy, an All-Star who came in with a 2.34 goalsagainst average.

After Alex Ovechkin notched his NHL-high 36th goal for Washington to make it 3-2 at 11:02 left, Nikita Kucherov clinched it with a breakaway goal with 7:02 remaining.

KINGS 4, JETS 3 >> Dion Phaneuf scored on the power play for his third goal in four games with Los Angeles as the Kings beat Winnipeg to cap a seven-game road trip with a 4-3 record.

An assist by Anze Kopitar was his 800th point in his 900th career game. FLYERS 3, CANADIENS 2 (OT) >> Jakub Voracek scored the tying goal with 1:25 left in regulation and the winner 1:26 into overtime to lift Philadelphia, which is 7-0-2 in its last nine games. FLYERS’ SIMMONDS OUT >> Philadelphia forward Wayne Simmonds will miss up to three weeks after suffering an upper-body injury Sunday. He has 20 goals and 37 points in 59 games this season.

CANUCKS EXTEND GUDBRANSON >> The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Erik Gudbranson to a three-year contract extension, with an annual value of $4 million.

RANGERS TRADE HOLDEN >> The New York Rangers traded defenseman Nick Holden to the Boston Bruins for a minor league de- fenseman and a third-round pick in this year’s draft.