Brandon Hagel scored two goals, including the 150th of his career, and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their point streak to 14 games Tuesday with a 4-1 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks.
The streak (13-0-1) is tied for the third longest in franchise history, matching the run by the 2018-19 club, and four off the record of 18 in the 2003-04 campaign.
Jake Guentzel and Anthony Cirelli had a goal and a helper each as the Lightning improved to 9-2-0 against the Pacific Division and 15-4-1 versus the Western Conference.
After a five-point game in San Jose during Tampa Bay’s 7-3 victory on Jan. 3, Nikita Kucherov recorded two assists. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.
Tyler Toffoli found the net for San Jose, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov made 16 saves.
Senators 4, Blue Jackets 1
Tim Stutzle scored the go-ahead goal midway into the first period to fuel visiting Ottawa to a victory over Columbus.
Stutzle joined Ridly Greig with a goal and an assist and captain Brady Tkachuk and defenseman Tyler Kleven also tallied for the Senators, who improved to 3-0-2 in their last five games. Ottawa defenseman Thomas Chabot notched two assists and James Reimer made 21 saves in his second start since being signed as an unrestricted free agent last week.
Sean Monahan scored a goal for the Blue Jackets, who went 0-for-3 on the power play en route to seeing their season-high-tying four-game winning streak come to a halt. The loss was the first since Rick Bowness replaced Dean Evason as the team’s head coach on Jan. 12.
Canadiens 4, Wild 3
Cole Caufield’s go-ahead goal with 15 seconds remaining in regulation secured a dramatic victory for Montreal over visiting Minnesota.
With the score tied 3-3, Caufield blasted a one-timer from the edge of the circle that beat a screened Jesper Wallstedt. It was Caufield’s 25th goal of the season and his seventh game-winning goal, tying the NHL lead. Lane Hutson had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, and Ivan Demidov had two assists.
Vladimir Tarasenko had two power-play goals for the Wild, who are a modest 3-4-2 over their last nine games. Brock Faber scored the Wild’s other goal, and Mats Zuccarello and Kirill Kaprizov each collected two assists.
Stars 6, Bruins 2
Justin Hryckowian posted his first career three-point game with a goal and two assists before Jason Robertson scored twice in the third period, helping host Dallas end Boston’s six-game win streak with a victory.
Wyatt Johnston and Mavrik Bourque (one goal, one assist) each scored power-play goals in the final four minutes of the first period to give Dallas a lead that it would never relinquish. Esa Lindell also scored, and Miro Heiskanen had three assists.
Morgan Geekie and Fraser Minten scored for Boston. Jeremy Swayman allowed six goals on 34 shots before Joonas Korpisalo entered in relief in the third period.
Sabres 5, Predators 3
Konsta Helenius scored his first NHL goal and added two assists for Buffalo, which held on for a win against host Nashville.
Noah Ostlund scored twice and Peyton Krebs had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who had lost two straight. Alex Lyon made 31 saves in his return after missing 10 games with a lower-body injury.
Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist and Filip Forsberg added a goal and two assists for the Predators, who have lost two in a row after winning three straight. Juuse Saros allowed four goals on 18 shots before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made 13 saves in relief.
Jets 3, Blues 1
Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist to lead host Winnipeg past St. Louis, his sixth game with three-plus points this season.
Josh Morrissey had a goal and two assists for the Jets, who had lost two straight. Kyle Connor had two assists and Eric Comrie made 22 saves in the win.
Jordan Kyrou scored for the Blues, who have lost two straight while being outscored 8-1. Joel Hofer made 13 saves.
Kings 4, Rangers 3
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist to help Los Angeles end a four-game winless streak with a over visiting New York and former goaltender Jonathan Quick.
Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 6 of 8 shots before leaving with an upper-body injury with 39 seconds left in the first period. Anton Forsberg replaced him and stopped 27 of 28 shots. Adrian Kempe, Taylor Ward and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored for Los Angeles, which was 0-1-3 in its previous four games.
J.T. Miller scored two goals, Will Cuylle also scored and Quick made 23 saves for the Rangers, who have lost seven of eight (1-6-1). Kempe opened the scoring 18 seconds into the game.
Devils 2, Oilers 1
Jake Allen made 22 saves as visiting New Jersey topped Edmonton to pick up its fourth win in five games.
Arseny Gritsyuk and Cody Glass each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey, which was playing the second game of a back-to-back. The win moved the Devils to within four points of the Boston Bruins for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Matt Savoie scored for Edmonton, which had a two-game win streak. Tristan Jarry, making his first home start with the Oilers following a Dec. 12 trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins, finished with 15 saves.
–Field Level Media
