NHL-best Bruins clinch
BOSTON — Garnet Hathaway scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the NHL-best Boston Bruins wrapped up first place in the Atlantic Division with their sixth straight victory, 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
The win was the Bruins’ 56th and moves them one behind the club record set in 1970-71. It also keeps them on pace to set the NHL record for victories in a regular season with 10 games left. The Detroit Red Wings won 62 in 1995-96 and Tampa Bay matched it in its final regularseason game (at TD Garden in Boston) in 2018-19.
Patrice Bergeron added a power-play goal for the Bruins and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves, raising his record to 365-1.
Victor Hedman had a shorthanded score for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots. Tampa Bay has lost four straight.
Flyers 3, Red Wings 0: Carter Hart made 29 saves, Scott Laughton scored and Philadelphia won its third straight with a shutout of Detroit. Kieffer Bellows also scored and Tyson Foerster had an empty-netter for Philadelphia in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s worst teams. The Red Wings have lost five of six and were 0-for-7 on the power play.
Kraken 7, Predators 2: Eeli Tolvanen scored twice, Philipp Grubauer made 14 saves and Seattle defeated Nashville. Jared McCann had a goal and two assists, while Daniel Sprong, Adam Larsson, Matty Beniers and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored for Seattle, which entered Saturday holding the top spot in the Western Conference’s wild-card race. Vince Dunn had two assists. Matt Duchene and Tyson Barrie each had a goal and an assist and Juuse Saros made 32 saves for Nashville, which had its two-game winning streak snapped. The Predators began Saturday five points behind the Winnipeg Jets for the West’s second wild-card berth. Tolvanen’s two-goal performance was particularly painful for
the Predators, as they waived the talented Finn in early December. Tolvanen has scored 15 goals since joining Seattle.
Wild 3, Blackhawks 1: Ryan Hartman scored with 1:11 remaining in the third period and Minnesota beat Chicago. Ryan Reaves and Frederick Gaudreau also scored for Minnesota and Filip Gustavsson made 22 saves in goal.
Kings 4, Jets 1: Viktor Arvidsson had two goals and Los Angeles matched its longest point streak in franchise history. Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist and Alex Iafallo netted a power-play goal for Los Angeles, which has earned
points in 11 straight games for the fourth time.
Flames 5, Sharks 3: Tyler Toffoli scored two goals and Calgary kept its playoff hopes alive.
Notes: Arizona Coyotes minority owner Andrew Barroway was suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Friday following his arrest for domestic violence in Colorado. Barroway spent Thursday night in Pitkin County Jail after police arrested him at an Aspen hotel on a felony strangulation charge, according to a police report obtained by the Aspen Daily News . ... San Jose signed Harvard defenseman Henry Thrun to a two-year contract.