Point’s OT goal lifts Lightning to victory
Lightning 2, Red Wings 1 (OT): Brayden Point scored a power-play goal at 2:28 of overtime and Tampa Bay snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over host Detroit on Saturday.
Point scored on a rebound of Steven Stamkos’ shot. Stamkos scored a thirdperiod, power-play goal for the Lightning, while Anthony Cirelli assisted on both goals.
Brian Elliott, who was making his first start since March 12 and just his fifth since Dec. 31, stopped 26 shots.
Oskar Sundqvist scored the Red Wings goal and Alex Nedeljkovic made 34 saves. Sundqvist’s goal was his second in three games since he was acquired in a trade with St. Louis on Monday.
The Lightning killed off two penalties in the first period. Elliott stopped Lucas Raymond with a glove save on the second of those Detroit power plays.
Each team killed off a penalty in the second period. Tampa Bay committed two more minor infractions in the first three minutes of the third, but the Wings still couldn’t get the puck past Elliott.
The scoreless tie was finally broken at 8:41 of the third period. Pius Suter dropped a pass to Sundqvist, whose shot trickled through Elliott’s pads. Adam Erne earned the second assist.
Tampa Bay tied it with 4:38 remaining in regulation. Stamkos scored his 29th goal from the side of the net off a pass from Point.
Bruins 6, Islanders 3: David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand each had a goal and an assist during a four-goal second period for host Boston.
Boston captain Patrice Bergeron played in his 1,200th game. He became the 120th player in NHL history to reach that milestone. He returned to the lineup Saturday after missing the previous four games with an elbow infection.
Erik Haula and Jake Debrusk each had a second-period goal after Craig Smith and Taylor Hall scored in the first for Boston, which earned its 14th win in 17 games (14-2-1).
Linus Ullmark made 24 saves for Boston.
Brock Nelson scored his 30th of the season, and Anders Lee and Zach Parise each had a power-play score for the Islanders, who had won four of their previous five. Semyon Varlamov stopped 38 shots for New York.
Leading 2-1, the Bruins scored twice in the opening four minutes of the second. Pastrnak tallied his team-leading 37th when he charged in for a rebound at 2:13.
Just 1:43 later, Marchand hustled to his skates after being knocked down in the corner, collected a loose puck at the bottom of the right circle and slipped a wrister by Varlamov to make it 4-1.
Play got chippy after Boston opened its three-goal lead.
Pastrnak set up Haula’s goal with a perfect cross-ice feed that made it 5-2 late in the second.