Devils end Lightning’s 10-game winning streak
Louis Domingue stopped 26 shots against his former team as the New Jersey Devils beat Tampa Bay 3-1 Sunday night, ending the Lightning’s franchise record-tying 10-game winning streak.
Travis Zajac, Andy
Greene and Miles Wood scored for the disappointing Devils, who fired general manager Ray Shero less than two hours before the start of the game. New Jersey made the playoffs once in his four-plus year tenure.
Tyler Johnson scored for the Lightning, who tied their consecutive wins record on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Philadelphia. Curtis McElhinney made 17 saves in getting the start in place of Andrei Vasilevskiy, who had shutouts in the last two games.
The 10-game winning streak was tied for the longest in the league this season. The Islanders also won 10 in a row.
The win capped an outstanding weekend for New Jersey. It beat Washington 5-1 on Saturday and knocked off the NHL’s hotting team on Sunday.
Domingue, who was 21-5-0 with the Lightning last season before being shipped to New Jersey on Nov. 1, started both games.
Penguins 4, Coyotes 3 (SO): Teddy Blueger scored the deciding goal in the eighth round of the shootout and Pittsburgh beat host Arizona.
Predators 1, Jets 0: Juuse Saros made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season, Kyle Turris scored in the first period and Nashville squeaked past host Winnipeg. he Predators are 3-1-1 in their past five games.
Canucks 4, Wild 1: Elias Pettersson scored his 21st goal and fellow All-Star Jacob Markstom stopped 23 shots in Vancouver’s victory at Minnesota.
Sabres 5, Red Wings 1: Evan Rodrigues scored twice in the first five minutes and Buffalo cruised past host Detroit.
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Devils: Owner Josh Harris fired Ray Shero as general manager a little more than a month after Shero fired head coach John Hynes in the wake of a horrible start to the season. Shero was the GM since 2015-16.