Lightning storm past Sabres for 5th consecutive victory
Nicholas Paul and Tyler Motte scored 52 seconds apart in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory.
Brandon Hagel had two assists, and Paul added an assist when defenseman Calvin de Haan scored into the empty net late in the third period. Jonas Johansson, a former Sabres player now backing up Andrei Vasilevskiy with the Lightning, made 27 saves in the opener of a three-game road trip.
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Conor Garland and Nils Hoglander each scored twice and NHL-leading Vancouver beat Toronto.
After Toronto tied it at 4 early in the third period, J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson scored power-play goals to put it away. Thatcher Demko made 44 saves to help Vancouver improve to 31-11-4.
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Nikolaj Ehlers’ goal with 45.8 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Winnipeg past Ottawa.
Mason Appleton scored in the second period for the Jets to open the scoring. Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves.
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Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and three assists, Logan O’Connor had a hat trick and Colorado held on to defeat Philadelphia.
Cole Makar recorded his 300th career point, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and Ross Colton added three assists for the Avalanche, who ended a five-game road trip with a 3-2 record. Alexandar Georgiev made 34 saves.
STARS 6, DEVILS 2 >> Roope Hintz scored twice in a three-goal second period and Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves against his former teammates to lead Dallas to a victory over New Jersey.
Joe Pavelski, Matt Duchene, Craig Smith and Wyatt Johnston also scored as the Stars improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight games against New Jersey.
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Clayton Keller scored two goals and Connor Ingram made 31 saves in Arizona’s victory over Nashville.
Michael Carcone also scored for Arizona, which had lost its last two games. Ingram posted his 16th victory while making his sixth straight start.