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#1 Posted : Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:00:19 AM(UTC)
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WASHINGTON (AP) Brayden Point scored two first-period goals Vancouver Canucks T-Shirts Authentic , Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots to earn his NHL-leading 35th victory and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 Tuesday night in a matchup between division leaders.Chris Kunitz also scored in the opening period, which ended with Tampa Bay up 3-0. That was enough of a cushion for Vasilevskiy, an All-Star who came in with a 2.34 goals-against average.After Alex Ovechkin notched his NHL-high 36th goal for Washington to make it 3-2 at 11:02 of the third period, Nikita Kucherov clinched it with a breakaway goal with 7:02 remaining.Article continues below ...The victory improved Tampa Bay’s NHL-best record to 40-17-3 and kept the Lightning ahead of surging Boston in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference.Lars Eller scored a power-play goal for the Capitals, who lead Pittsburgh by one point in the Metropolitan Division.FLYERS 3, CANADIENS 2, OTPHILADELPHIA (AP) – Jakub Voracek scored the tying goal with 1:25 left in regulation and then got the game-winner 1:26 into overtime to lift Philadelphia past Montreal.Voracek also had an assist and Nolan Patrick had the other goal for Philadelphia, which improved to 7-0-2 in its last nine games. The Flyers, third in the Metropolitan Division, pulled two points behind second-place Pittsburgh and three behind first-place Washington.Paul Byron and Jeff Petry scored for Montreal, which lost its sixth straight. The Canadiens‘ NHL-worst road record fell to 8-19-2.With Philadelphia goalie Alex Lyon pulled for an extra attacker, Voracek sent the game to overtime with a slap shot from the point that deflected off Montreal’s Max Pacioretty and through goalie Carey Price’s five-hole.Voracek netted the game-winner when he skated to the slot and fired a wrist shot past Price’s glove side.BLUE JACKETS 2, DEVILS 1NEWARK Vancouver Canucks Hoodies Authentic , N.J. (AP) – Defenseman Scott Harrington broke a second-period tie with his second goal of the season, and slumping Columbus snapped a three-game skid and ended New Jersey’s four-game winning streak.Boone Jenner also scored as the Blue Jackets moved into the second wild-card position in the Eastern Conference with 65 points, one ahead of Carolina and the Islanders. Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves in helping the Blue Jackets win for the fifth time in 15 games (5-9-2).Taylor Hall scored for the Devils to extend his point-scoring streak to 12 games, tying David Pastrnak of the Bruins for the league-high this season. He also pushed his personal point-scoring streak to 19 games. He missed three games with a thumb injury, so the league does not consider that to be part of his current streak.Keith Kinkaid had 17 saves for New Jersey, which holds the first wild-card spot in the conference.PREDATORS 3, RED WINGS 2DETROIT (AP) – Viktor Arvidsson scored his third goal in two games and Nashville ended its seven-game skid to Detroit.Scott Hartnell and Kyle Turris also scored, and Juuse Saros stopped 34 shots for the Predators, who ended a three-game losing streak in Detroit since a win on Nov. 19, 2013.Andreas Athanasiou and Tomas Tatar scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard finished with 26 saves.SHARKS 3, BLUES 2ST. LOUIS (AP) – Logan Couture and Mikkel Boedker each had a goal and an assist, sending San Jose to a victory over slumping St. Louis.Joonas Donskoi also scored and Martin Jones made 30 saves for the Sharks Vancouver Canucks Hats Authentic , who have won five of their last six games.Ivan Barbashev and Vladimir Tarasenko had the goals for the Blues, who have lost a season-high four straight.All five goals were scored in the second period.KINGS 4, JETS 3WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Dion Phaneuf scored on the power play for his third goal in four games with Los Angeles, helping the Kings cap a seven-game road trip with a win over Winnipeg.Alec Martinez also scored on the power play, Dustin Brown’s goal late in the third period stood as the winner and Torrey Mitchell had the other goal for the Kings. Darcy Kuemper stopped 30 shots to win his fifth straight start.Anze Kopitar picked up an assist on Brown’s goal, giving him his 800th NHL point in his 900th career game.Patrik Laine scored on the power play with 49 seconds left to trim the deficit for Winnipeg. Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien had the other Jets goals, and Laine added an assist.Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for the Jets, who completed a 6-3-1 homestand.It was the third consecutive win for the Kings, who were coming off a 3-1 victory at Chicago the night before and went 4-3 on their trip.MAPLE LEAFS 1, PANTHERS 0TORONTO (AP) – Frederik Andersen made 40 saves, James van Riemsdyk scored his 25th goal with 28 seconds left in the first period and surging Toronto blanked Florida.The shutout was Andersen’s career-best fifth of the season. The 28-year-old goalie has reached 30 wins for the third time.The Maple Leafs have won 11 of 12 and improved to 14-4-2 since Jan. 4.The Panthers have dropped back-to-back games after opening their five-game road trip with three straight wins. Florida entered the night six points out of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots in the loss.BRUINS 3, OILERS 2EDMONTON Custom Vancouver Canucks Jerseys , Alberta (AP) – David Krejci broke a tie with 1:04 remaining and Boston rallied for three goals in the third period to beat Edmonton.Noel Acciari and Matt Grzelcyk also scored for the Bruins, who have won seven of nine and are one point back of Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division and overall NHL standings.Ryan Strome and Jujhar Khaira had the goals for the Oilers, who have lost seven of eight.Strome got the Oilers on the scoreboard on a 2-on-1 break with 1:31 left in the first period as Edmonton was being outshot 13-2 to that point. Khaira made it 2-0 with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the second.Boston, which had a 29-14 advantage on shots through 40 minutes, got on the board 4:37 into the third when Acciari swung a puck that bounced off Strome and in. Grzelcyk put the puck past a diving Talbot during a flurry to tie it with eight minutes left.AVALANCHE 5, CANUCKS 4, OTVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Nathan MacKinnon scored Colorado’s fifth power-play goal of the game 3:36 into overtime, lifting the Avalanche past Vancouver to cap a comeback from three goals down.With Daniel Sedin off for hooking, Tyson Barrie passed to MacKinnon, who fired a shot from the faceoff circle past Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson.Barrie, who had four assists, tied it with 3:01 remaining in the third period.Tyson Jost www.officialcapitals.com , Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog also scored for Colorado. MacKinnon also had three assists, Rantanen added two and Landeskog one. Semyon Varlamov finished with 24 saves.Brandon Suter and Nikolay Goldobin each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks in a wild second period. Darren Archibald and Bo Horvat also scored for Vancouver. Nilsson stopped 29 shots. CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Michael Frolik went from healthy scratch to catalyst for the Calgary Flames.Frolik scored two goals to lead the Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night.“It feels good when you can help the team win the game,” the veteran winger said.Frolik had to watch his teammates edge the Avalanche 3-2 in overtime Saturday in Colorado.“I didn’t have the start I was looking for, but it’s a long season,” he said. “I just try to work hard in practice, get better every day and hopefully it’s going to turn around.“Tonight was a good start. Hopefully I can keep going.”Johnny Gaudreau collected his 100th NHL goal and rookie defenseman Juusu Valimaki scored his first for the Flames. Matthew Tkachuk added an empty-net goal.Mikael Backlund and Michael Stone each had two assists as Calgary won its second straight home game. Goaltender Mike Smith stopped 24 of 26 shots in the win.“I like the fact we have the ability to generate offense. Now, we’ll work on other things,” Calgary coach Bill Peters said. “We’re not quite there defensively or our play away from the puck in the neutral zone, but when we get there, we’ll be a much better team.”Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist for the Bruins. Brad Marchand also scored. Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask turned away 24 shots in the loss.“I don’t think we were as clean as we needed to be obviously against a team that forechecks and checks well,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “That was clearly an issue throughout the game. Execution wasn’t good enough to beat a good hockey team.”The Bruins trailed 4-2 heading into the final period.Marchand was lightly defended when he scored at 13:45 of the second, taking a pass from Bergeron and scoring past Smith.Frolik nearly completed a hat trick on a short-handed breakaway Washington Capitals T-Shirts Authentic , but his backhanded shot sailed over the Boston net. The Czech’s second goal came results from a Boston turnover in the offensive zone. Backlund flipped the puck across the slot, and Frolik tapped it over Rask’s stick at 3:32.On Boston’s first rush after killing off Calgary’s two-man advantage, Bergeron scored at 2:40 on a give-and-go with David Krejci.What appeared to be a goal by David Pastrnak late in the first period didn’t survive a coach’s challenge by Calgary’s Bill Peters. The Bruins were ruled offside.Valimaki’s first NHL goal gave the Flames a 3-0 lead at 16:08 of the first period.With Sam Bennett in front of Rask, the 20-year-old Valimaki’s shot from the top of the circle rolled over the goaltender and over the goal line.“I was happy actually finding out it was mine. Pretty awkward moment at the start because I didn’t know it was mine,” Valimaki said. “All the guys on the bench said ‘it’s yours’ and it felt great.”Gaudreau collected his milestone goal at 15:20. At the top of the crease, Sean Monahan batted the puck down low to the winger, and Gaudreau scored from a tough angle.Frolik had half an open net for a target following a nice passing play by Tkachuk and Backlund. Tkachuk hustled into the offensive zone to backhand the puck to Backlund, who was moving into the slot. Backlund flipped the puck over to Frolik to score at 4:36.NOTES: Flames: Gaudreau crumpled after taking a high hit from Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy in the third period. Gaudreau played another shift, but was then pulled from the game for concussion protocol. Calgary head coach Bill Peters did not have an update on Gaudreau after the game.Bruins: Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said goaltender Jaroslav Halak will get a start against the Oilers in Edmonton on Thursday.UP NEXTFlames: Home against Nashville on Friday.Bruins: At Edmonton on Thursday.
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