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Kucherov are piling up points, the Tampa Bay Lightning are tough to stop.Stamkos
had two goals and an assist, Kucherov added a goal and three assists and the
Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 6-0 Thursday night.Tampa Bay scored at least six
goals for the 14th time this season against a Dallas team that had allowed the
second fewest goals in the league.¡°We just came out hard and want to play our
way and stick to our structure,¡± said Kucherov, who has 11 points in his past
three games. ¡°Good things happen when we play the right way and it paid
off.¡±Tyler Johnson, Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Killorn also scored to help the
Lightning improve to 6-0-2 in the last eight games and reach 90 points in 58
games this season. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots for his fifth shutout of
the season ¡ª second against Dallas ¡ª and 17th of his career to tie Ben Bishop
for most in team history.¡°Every time we made a mistake or a bounce went their
way they made us pay,¡± Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said. ¡°You¡¯ve got to tip your
hat, that¡¯s a really good hockey team. Anytime we did break through they¡¯ve got
a brick wall back there.¡±Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin was pulled from the game
twice, allowing five goals on 21 shots. Landon Bow finished with four saves in
27:07 of ice time for the Stars, who fell to 1-2-1 in the past four games to
drop to the top wild card spot in the Western Conference behind St. Louis.¡°I
liked our effort, I didn¡¯t love our puck management but we¡¯ll get better from
this,¡± Montgomery said. ¡°We¡¯re going to learn from this. ¡ We will get better
from this.¡±Tampa Bay had four goals on the board in a span of 7:21 in the
opening period and never looked back, led by Kucherov¡¯s sixth game with at least
four points. That is the most four-point games through 58 team games by a player
since Ilya Kovalchuk had the same amount in 2005-06. Only Mario Lemieux and
Jaromir Jagr have had more since 1994-95.Kucherov is also the first player in
franchise history to reach the 90-point mark before the 60th game of the season
and is the fifth player in the NHL to do so since 1998-99. Kucherov is also the
first player in franchise history to record at least three points in three
consecutive games.¡°When he¡¯s feeling it he¡¯s so fun to watch,¡± Stamkos said of
Kucherov. ¡°He¡¯s a huge part of our offensive success.¡±NOTES: Bishop practiced
with the Stars on Thursday but missed his fourth consecutive game with an
undisclosed lower body injury. Montgomery said Bishop was ¡°50-50¡± to play on
Saturday at Carolina. ¡ Tampa Bay D Erik Cernak missed his second consecutive
game with an undisclosed lower-body injury. ¡ Johnson recorded the fourth
20-goal season of his career. ¡ Tampa Bay¡¯s four goals in the first period tied
a season high. ¡ Dallas D John Klingberg did not play the final 13:45 of the
game after blocking a shot and will be re-evaluated on Friday. . Stars¡¯ LW Blake
Comeau missed the game with an undisclosed upper-body injury but Montgomery said
Comeau is ¡°probable¡± against Carolina.UP NEXTLightning: Host Montreal on
Saturday.Stars: At Carolina on Saturday. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ¡ª Steven Stamkos
broke a tie with 5:16 remaining in the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning¡¯s 5-3
victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.Nikita Kucherov, Brayden
Point, Ondrej Palat and Ryan Callahan also scored, and Louis Domingue stopped 30
shots. The Lightning have won 18 of their last 20.Sam Reinhart, Tage Thompson
and Marco Scandella scored for Buffalo.Scandella gave Buffalo a 3-2 lead at 5:54
of the third, chipping home a pass from Jason Pominville from close range.Just
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Sabres defenseman Lawrence Pilut, and Stamkos found Kucherov for his 22nd goal
of the season.Stamkos then put Tampa Bay ahead for good late, taking a drop pass
from Kucherov and firing a hard shot to Ullmark¡¯s blocker side.BLUE JACKETS 2,
CAPITALS 1, OTWASHINGTON (AP) ¡ª Cam Atkinson scored his 25th goal of the season,
Artemi Panarin connected in overtime and Columbus beat Washington after the
defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals lost All-Star goaltender Braden Holtby
to an eye injury.Panarin scored in overtime for the second straight game.Holtby
took a stick to the left eye from Atkinson through his mask in the second
period. He left the game, giving way to backup Pheonix Copley, and the team said
Holtby was still being evaluated.Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo stopped 32
shots in his second consecutive start in place of Sergei Bobrovsky, who backed
up after being scratched Thursday for disciplinary reasons. Coach John
Tortorella did not commit to starting Bobrovsky in the second half of his team¡¯s
back-to-back this weekend.After Atkinson beat Holtby a minute into the game on a
breakaway, Columbus was cruising toward a regulation victory until Evgeny
Kuznetsov tied it with 1:06 left. The 6-on-5 goal was Kuznetsov¡¯s first in 18
games dating to Dec. 2.But Panarin snapped Washington¡¯s winning streak at four
games and gave the Blue Jackets back-to-back wins with a power-play goal 3:30
into overtime.BRUINS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2TORONTO (AP) ¡ª David Pastrnak scored a tie
late in the second period and Boston beat Toronto.Sean Kuraly had a goal and two
assists, David Krecji also scored, and Tuukka Rask made 30 saves. Boston won the
season series 3-1 and moved within two points of Toronto for second place in the
Atlantic Division.Mitch Marner and Andreas Johnsson scored for Toronto.RANGERS
2, ISLANDERS 1NEW YORK (AP) ¡ª Mats Zuccarello scored late in the third period
and the New York Rangers beat the Islanders for their first victory at Barclays
Center.Zuccarello redirected the winner with his skate from in front of the net
for his fifth goal of the season. Filip Chytil also scored and Alexandar
Georgiev made 24 saves to help the Rangers win in Brooklyn for the first time
since the Islanders began playing home games there in 2015.The Islanders had
been 13-2-0 in the teams¡¯ previous 15 meetings overall.The game completed a
home-and-home series that began Thursday night with the Islanders¡¯ 4-3 victory
at Madison Square Garden. It also marked the final meeting between the Big Apple
rivals this season, with each team winning two games.Anthony Beauvillier scored
for the Islanders.GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3, OTCHICAGO (AP) ¡ª Vegas
defenseman Shea Theodore scored 1:19 into overtime when Chicago¡¯s Carl Dahlstrom
slid the puck into his own net.Theodore was driving when Dahlstrom knocked it
away and through the legs of goaltender Collin Delia. It was Theodore¡¯s first
goal since he scored twice in an 8-3 victory at Chicago on Nov. 27.Alex Tuch,
Ryan Carpenter and Paul Stastny also scored for Vegas, which won for the eighth
time in nine games. Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves. Tuch extended his points
streak to a franchise-record nine games in the Golden Knights¡¯ second
season.Alex DeBrincat scored twice, and Patrick Kane added a goal for
Chicago.DEVILS
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Jerseys , FLYERS 2NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ¡ª Rookie Mackenzie Blackwood made 32
saves in his return from an injury, helping New Jersey beat Philadelphia.Damon
Severson, Nico Hischier and Miles Wood scored for New Jersey. The Devils won for
the second time in six games and handed the Flyers their ninth loss in 10
games.James Van Riemsdyk and Sean Couturier scored for Philadelphia.RED WINGS 5,
WILD 2ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ¡ª Tyler Bertuzzi had his first career hat trick and
Detroit beat Minnesota to end a three-game losing streak.Playing in his 100th
career game, Bertuzzi completed his three-goal performance at 8:38 of the third
period, converting a feed from Nyquist by lifting a backhand past Devan
Dubnyk.Thomas Vanek had two goals, and Jimmy Howard made 17 saves for the Red
Wings, winners for the second time in 11 games. Nino Niederreiter and Luke Kunin
scored for the Wild.KINGS 5, PENGUINS 2LOS ANGELES (AP) ¡ª Jonathan Quick stopped
38 shots to get his 301st win, helping Los Angeles snap Pittsburg¡¯s six-game
road winning streak.Quick tied Mike Richter for fourth place in career wins by
an American goalie, reaching the mark in his 577th game and matching the former
Rangers goalie¡¯s total in 666 games.Jeff Carter had a goal and two assists, Anze
Kopitar scored twice, and Alex Iafallo and Brendan Leipsic had one ech for the
Kings, who had lost four of their past five.Jake Guentzel scored short-handed
and power-play goals and Casey DeSmith made 20 saves for the Penguins, who lost
for the second time in their past 12 games.CANADIENS 3, AVALANCHE 0MONTREAL (AP)
¡ª Carey Price stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season and 43rd
overall to help Montreal beat Colorado.Brett Kulak, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and
Jordie Benn scored in the third period. The Canadiens had lost three of their
last four. The Avalanche have lost nine of 10.BLUES 3, STARS 1DALLAS (AP) ¡ª
Rookie goalie Jordan Binnington won his third straight
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Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals and St. Louis topped Dallas.Binnington, who
has played in six NHL games, is 3-0 in three starts. The 25-year-old has allowed
only two goals in those starts. Binnington shut out Philadelphia 1-0 on Monday
and beat Montreal 4-1 Thursday.He made 21 saves on Saturday, the first time he
has started consecutive games.Pat Maroon also scored for the Blues, who have won
two straight for the fifth time this season.Erik Condra scored for Dallas. Ben
Bishop made 25 saves.COYOTES 3, OILERS 2EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) ¡ª Conor Garland
scored a pair of power-play goals, including one that went in off his face and
left him bloodied, and Arizona won its third straight.Jordan Oesterle also
scored for the Coyotes.Connor McDavid and Kris Russell scored for the Oilers,
who have lost nine of 12.Garland¡¯s second goal came on a scary play as a point
shot struck him in the face when he was in the crease and went into the net.
Garland was bleeding heavily and taken to the dressing room. He returned to the
game.SHARKS 4, SENATORS 1SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ¡ª Brent Burns scored his fourth
game-winning goal and, Martin Jones made 27 saves for San Jose.The Sharks, who
own the second-best home record this season at 16-4-4, have won six straight
games and are 8-1-0 in their last nine along with a five-game win streak at
home.Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Melker Karlsson also scored for San Jose.
Jones has allowed two or fewer goals in four straight starts.Ryan Dzingel scored
the lone goal for Ottawa while Anders Nilsson, acquired Jan. 2 in a trade with
Vancouver, made his fifth consecutive start for the Senators and stopped 28
shots.