NHL Roundup: Lightning beat Avalanche for eighth consecutive win

TAMPA, Fla. — Brandon Hagel snapped a third-period tie along with his twentieth purpose of the season to guide the Tampa Bay Lightning to their eighth consecutive win with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

Jake Guentzel and Zemgus Girgensons additionally scored for the Lightning, and Anthony Cirelli added an empty-netter. Nikita Kucherov recorded his seventh straight multi-point recreation with a pair of assists.

Andrei Vasilevskiy completed with 31 saves for his sixth consecutive win.

Parker Kelly and Brock Nelson scored for Colorado, which has dropped consecutive video games in regulation for the primary time this season. The Avalanche had simply three regulation losses on the season coming into Tuesday.

Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 pictures for Colorado.

Hagel scored the successful purpose after Kucherov protected the puck close to the left circle, discovered Max Crozier who reduce down the slot earlier than discovering Hagel for a sweeping one-timer at 8:31 of the third interval. Cirelli scored an empty-net purpose with 1:25 left.

RALEIGH, N.C.— Ok’Andre Miller scored twice whereas Andrei Svechnikov had 4 assists as Carolina beat Dallas.

In a recreation full of particular person storylines, the Hurricanes chased Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger by halfway by way of the second interval whereas taking a 5-1 lead.

Logan Stankoven scored for Carolina in opposition to his former workforce, which traded him right here final yr on the deadline within the deal that despatched Mikko Rantanen to Dallas.

The Hurricanes acquired Rantanen final January in a three-team deal, although he performed simply 13 video games earlier than Carolina moved him when it grew to become clear he wouldn’t signal an extension. Rantanen was booed all through his return to Raleigh, in addition to listening to chants of “Logan’s higher!” after Stankoven juked Rantanen on his first-period rating from the slot.

Rantanen ultimately discovered the web with a forehand-backhand transfer early within the third to beat Brandon Bussi to set off much more hearty boos — together with roaring jeers when he headed to the penalty field halfway by way of the interval.

Carolina targets chief Seth Jarvis returned from an eight-game absence with an upper-body harm, scoring the purpose that knocked Oettinger from the sport after the netminder misplayed the puck behind the web.

Shayne Gostisbehere and William Service additionally scored for Carolina, whereas Nikolaj Ehlers added three assists and Bussi made 19 saves.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Alex Tuch had a purpose and an help, and Buffalo held on to beat Vancouver for its eleventh win in 12 video games.

Tage Thompson, Ryan McLeod, Zach Metsa and Josh Doan additionally scored for Buffalo, which was coming off a 5-1 loss at Columbus on Saturday that snapped a 10-game win streak. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 32 pictures.

Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson and Liam Ohgren all scored within the third interval, and Brock Boeser had two assists for the Canucks, who’ve misplaced 4 straight (0-2-2) and 6 of seven (1-4-2). Thatcher Demko had 15 saves.

Vancouver trailed 4-0 within the third interval earlier than DeBrusk ended Luukkonen’s bid for his first shutout of the season, scoring a power-play purpose in entrance on the rebound of an try by Kiefer Sherwood at 10:17.

Petterson pulled the Canucks to 4-2 slightly below 5 minutes later, getting the puck within the slot and turning and firing it previous Luukkonen.

Ohgren bought Vancouver inside each other 39 seconds later, scoring from the left circle with a shot by way of site visitors that went between Luukkonen’s pads.

Doan sealed the Sabres’ win along with his thirteenth of the season into an empty web with 1:24 remaining.

PHILADELPHIA — Trevor Zegras scored twice for Philadelphia in his first recreation in opposition to his former workforce to make them a win over Anaheim.

Cutter Gauthier scored his twentieth purpose of the season for the Geese in his second recreation in Philadelphia in opposition to the franchise he pressured to commerce him — and turned him into one among Philly’s greatest sports activities villains.

On an evening the Flyers honoured late founder Ed Snider, the sector was full of followers simply blissful to root once more for a workforce in playoff rivalry.

Flyers followers largely confirmed as much as boo — and profanely chant — at Gauthier. They roared within the second interval when Garnet Hathaway cleanly crushed Gauthier into the boards.

Cam York and Travis Sanheim additionally scored for the Flyers and Nikita Gregbenkin added an empty-netter. Alex Killorn had a purpose for Anaheim.

NEW YORK — Anthony Duclair recorded a hat trick for the primary time in additional than six years, Ilya Sorokin stopped all 44 pictures he confronted in his return from harm, and New York handed New Jersey a second consecutive defeat.

Again within the lineup after being a wholesome scratch the previous two video games, Duclair scored three targets in a row throughout a stretch from 4:01 into the primary interval to three:29 into the second and likewise had two assists for a five-point recreation. His fourth hat trick within the NHL was his first since Dec. 14, 2019, 4 groups in the past when he was with the Ottawa Senators.

Sorokin was distinctive, displaying no rust in his first recreation motion since Dec. 19 as he grew to become the franchise’s profession shutout chief along with his twenty sixth. He had been out with what the Islanders known as a nagging lower-body harm.

On the different finish of the rink, Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom allowed targets on the primary two pictures he confronted — from Mat Barzal and Duclair — and three on 5, ending with 9 on 24. His teammates had little bounce again after shedding at house to Carolina on Sunday in a recreation through which younger defenceman Luke Hughes twice put the puck into his personal web.

TORONTO — Matthew Knies scored a purpose and arrange Auston Matthews to push Toronto to a win in opposition to the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida.

Easton Cowan additionally scored for the Maple Leafs and Bobby McMann added an empty-net purpose.

Former Maple Leafs draft choose Carter Verhaeghe broke Joseph Woll’s shutout bid with 8:22 remaining as Toronto received its sixth straight at Scotiabank Enviornment. The Panthers have been blanked solely as soon as this season.

Knies made it 2-0 early within the second interval. Then, lower than 4 minutes later, he arrange Matthews with a move in entrance for the captain’s team-leading twenty first.

Former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin was in attendance. He was a part of a pre-game ceremony to mark Matthews changing into the all-time franchise chief in targets. Sundin had the mark at 420. Matthews now sits at 422.

Matthews has seven targets and 11 factors in 5 video games for the reason that three-day Christmas break and was foiled by Florida netminder Sergei Bobrovsky on an early-game power-play breakaway.

Florida outshot the house facet 32-23.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4 JETS 3 (OT)

WINNIPEG — Tomas Hertl scored on the ability play at 4:47 of additional time and Vegas beat Winnipeg, handing the Jets their tenth straight loss.

Reilly Smith had a purpose and an help, Mitch Marner additionally had a power-play purpose, and Brett Howden additionally scored for the Golden Knights, who snapped a five-game skid (0-3-2). Carter Hart made 17 saves.

Cole Perfetti, Luke Schenn and Kyle Connor scored for Winnipeg, and Gabriel Vilardi had two assists. Connor Hellebuyck had 27 saves because the Jets fell to 0-6-4 throughout their shedding streak.

With Winnipeg’s Dylan Samberg off for tripping late within the additional interval, Mitch Marner fired the puck and it bounced off Hertl and in as he was battling in entrance of Hellebuyck.

Perfetti beat Hart with a backhand 5:16 into the sport to snap a 16-game purpose drought. He skated by the boards and banged the glass in celebration.

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored three targets, together with one on a penalty shot, and Leon Draisaitl had a purpose and two assists because the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 6-2 on Tuesday night time.

Kasperi Kapanen had a purpose and an help and Curtis Lazar additionally scored for the Oilers, who snapped a two-game skid. Connor Ingram completed with 24 saves.

Ryan O’Reilly and Nick Blankenburg scored for the Predators, who’ve misplaced two of their final three. Juuse Saros had 37 saves.

McDavid’s power-play purpose at 8:53 of the primary interval gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead and prolonged his level streak to 16 video games. He has 15 targets and 22 assists through the stretch.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alex Wennberg had a purpose and an help in opposition to his former workforce, and San Jose bounced again from a irritating loss three days earlier and beat Columbus.

Zack Ostapchuk additionally had a purpose whereas Macklin Celebrini and Mario Ferraro added empty-netters to assist the Sharks win their fourth in 5 video games. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 34 pictures for San Jose, which was coming off a 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday night time.

Wennberg, the Blue Jackets’ first-round choose in 2013, assisted on Pavol Regenda’s purpose within the first interval then scored on an influence play early within the second for his eighth purpose of the season. That moved the 31-year-old inside two factors of reaching 400 for his profession.

Celebrini’s purpose was his twenty third of the season and prolonged the 19-year-old’s career-high level streak to 11 video games.

Zach Werenski scored his team-leading sixteenth purpose for Columbus, and Sean Monahan additionally had a purpose. Jet Greaves completed with 31 saves.

SEATTLE — Kaapo Kakko had two targets and an help, Berkly Catton scored his first two NHL targets, and Seattle beat Boston.

Jared McCann had a purpose and an help, and Jordan Eberle and Ben Meyers additionally scored as Seattle prolonged its level streak to 9 video games (8-0-1) — the second-longest in franchise historical past. Matty Beniers, Vince Dunn and Freddy Gaudreau every had two assists, and Joey Daccord completed with 32 saves.

David Pastrnak scored two targets, Viktor Arvidsson had a purpose and an help, and Mason Lohrei additionally scored for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman had 20 saves.

Meyers scored with 1:37 left within the second interval to place Seattle forward 3-2, and McCann made it 4-2 with a power-play purpose a half-second earlier than the top of the interval.

Kakko made it 5-2 halfway by way of the third interval, and Catton adopted along with his second purpose of the night time with 5:40 left — one interval after logging his first profession purpose on a play that noticed Kakko document his a hundredth profession help.

Lohrei and Arvidsson scored lower than 3 minutes aside to tug the Bruins inside two, however Kakko sealed it with an empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining.