Vasilevskiy comes up big for Lightning
Stymies Bruins in shootout, earns 3-2 win
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 shots and three more in the shootout, and Brayden Point scored the only goal of the shootout Tuesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lighting to a 3- 2 victory against the Boston Bruins.
Nikita Kucherov and Erik Cernak scored early to spot the Lightning a 2-0 lead just 21 minutes into the game.
The loss overshadowed a milestone night for Boston’s Brad Marchand. He had two assists in his 1,000th career NHL game — all of them for Boston. Charlie McAvoy and James van Riemsdyk scored for the reigning Presidents Trophy-winning Bruins, who still have the best record in the Eastern Conference despite losing three of their last four games. Marchand is the eighth player in franchise history to reach the milestone. The Bruins will honor him with a ceremony before Monday’s game against Dallas.
Other games
Sabres 7, Kings 0: Ukko -Pekka Luukkonen stopped 33 shots for his fourth career shutout — all this season — and Jordan Greenway scored twice and added an assist to lead Buffalo to the win at home. Luukkonen’s four shutouts this season are the most by a Sabres goalie since Ryan Miller had six in 2011-12. Rasmus Dahlin, JJ Peterka and Alex Tuch each added a goal and assist for the Sabres.
Senators 6, Blue Jackets 3: Brady Tkachuk recorded the second hat trick of his career to lead Ottawa at home. Tkachuk scored twice on the power play, and Claude Giroux added a short-handed goal and two assists as Ottawa won its fourth in a row.
Canadiens 5, Ducks 0: Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist to extend his points streak to eight for Montreal. The red-hot Suzuki has 13 points in his streak and is up to 51 points in 53 outings this season. Canadiens goalie Cayden Primeau needed to make only 13 saves in posting the shutout.
Maple Leafs 4, Blues 1: Playing in only his 37th NHL game, Bobby McMann registered the first hat trick of his career to help Toronto win at home. William Nylander had the other goal for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov made 14 saves. McMann completed the hat trick when his clearing attempt off the boards in the defensive zone found the Blues’ empty net at the other end.
Avalanche 6, Capitals 3: Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists, and his line led the way as Colorado ended a four-game losing streak with a win in Washington. Washington’s Alex Ovechkin extended his goal streak to six by scoring on the power play with 11 minutes left in the third. With his longest such streak since December 2018, Ovechkin has 14 goals this season and 836 in his career — 59 from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record.
Stars 4, Hurricanes 2: Jason Robertson scored the goahead goal early in the third period and Dallas improved to 6- 1- 0 in its past seven games. Jake Oettinger, a firstyear All-Star, made 32 saves in winning his sixth in a row. Roope Hintz added his teamhigh 23rd goal.
Devils 4, Predators 2: Nico Hischier scored twice to help New Jersey win in Nashville, Tenn. Timo Meier and Jack Hughes also scored and Nico Daws made 30 saves for the Devils, winners of of both ends of a back-to-back.
Kraken 2, Islanders 1: Tomas Tatar scored the lone goal in a shootout and the Seattle won in New York. Matty Beniers scored in regulation and Philipp Grubauer made
26 saves to help the Kraken end a three- game losing streak.
Notes
Toronto Maple defenseman Morgan Rielly was suspended five games for crosschecking Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig in the final seconds of the teams’ game during the weekend. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension after a virtual hearing with Rielly and team and union representatives.
• Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power is listed as week to week with an upperbody injury after he appeared to hurt his left hand in practice Monday.