Miami Herald

Devils end Lightning’s 10-game winning streak

- From Miami Herald Wire Services

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.

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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.

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