Lightning defeat Bruins for 11th home win in row
Victor Hedman scored the go-ahead goal with 6:31 remaining and the Tampa Bay Lightning tied a team record with their 11th straight home victory by defeating the NHLbest Boston Bruins 3-2 on Thursday night.
Brayden Point's pass for Steven Stamkos on a 2-on-1 misfired, but the puck came right to Hedman. His shot from the left circle beat Linus Ullmark after the Boston goalie was run over by teammate Brandon Carlo, breaking a 2-2 tie.
The Lightning matched the franchise mark for consecutive home wins, set in 2019-20. They ended Boston's six-game winning streak and the Bruins' run of seven road victories in a row.
Brandon Hagel and Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay, which defeated the Bruins for the first time in three tries this season. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves. CAPITALS 3, PENGUINS 2 >>
Alex Ovechkin scored his 32nd goal of the season, Nicklas Backstrom had the shootout winner and Washington beat visiting Pittsburgh in a matchup of rivals jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
The Capitals snapped a two-game skid and handed the Penguins a fifth loss in eight games. But Pittsburgh extended its point streak to six, trails Washington by just a single point in the standings and has three additional games left on its schedule.
RED WINGS 4, CANADIENS 3 >> Robby Fabbri scored at 2:36 of overtime to give Detroit the victory at Montreal.
Michael Rasmussen set up Fabbri with a pass through the crease.
Rasmussen, Jonatan Berggren and Oskar Sunqvist also scored to help the Red Wings improve to 20-18-8. Moritz Seider had three assists, and Ville Husso made 20 saves.
Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored twice and had an assist for Montreal. Michael Pezzetta added a goal and an assist, and Jake Allen made 38 saves. The Canadiens dropped to 20-25-3.
Harvey-Pinard tied it at 3 at with 1:21 left in the second period. He took a centering pass and beat Husso with a high backhander.
KUZMENKO SIGNS 2-YEAR EXTENSION WITH CANUCKS >> Forward Andrei Kuzmenko signed a two-year contract extension with the Canucks. The deal has an average annual value of $5.5 million. The 26-yearold Kuzmenko has played in 47 games for the Canucks this season with 21 goals and 22 assists, four penalty minutes and a plus-4 defensive ranking.