Aleksander Barkov scored two objectives and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves because the Florida Panthers snapped the Tampa Bay Lightning’s eight-game successful streak with a 2-1 resolution on Monday night time in Dawn, Fla.
Tampa Bay had held the NHL’s longest energetic win streak, but it surely ended largely as a consequence of Barkov’s first multi-goal sport of the season. Florida’s penalty-killing unit additionally delivered, going 7-for-7 because the Panthers gained their fourth straight sport.
For Tampa Bay, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 photographs in his eleventh straight begin. He’s 9-1-1 in that span. Brayden Level scored the Lightning’s aim, his team-leading thirty second of the season.
Barkov capitalized on a turnover by J.J. Moser for his first aim to make it 1-0 halfway by the second, then scored a power-play aim six minutes later after Moser took a penalty. 5-time All-Star defenseman Seth Jones made his Panthers debut, offering three photographs, two blocks and one hit in 22:56.
Capitals 5, Senators 4 (SO)
Dylan Strome scored the winner within the third spherical of the shootout and Pierre-Luc Dubois had a aim and two assists as host Washington snapped a season-worst three-game shedding streak with a victory over Ottawa.
Strome deked goalie Linus Ullmark after which roofed a backhand shot for the one rating of the shootout. Connor McMichael, Tom Wilson and Martin Fehervary every had a aim and an help and Logan Thompson made 33 saves and stopped all three shootout tries for the Capitals.
Shane Pinto scored two objectives, Claude Giroux had a aim and an help and Jake Sanderson had three assists for Ottawa, which rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to tie it with a six-on-four power-play aim by Brady Tkachuk with 1:08 remaining. Tim Stutzle added two assists and Ullmark completed with 37 saves, plus two stops within the shootout.
Canadiens 4, Sabres 3 (OT)
Nick Suzuki recorded a aim and three assists for Montreal, which prolonged its successful streak to 5 video games with an additional time victory in opposition to visiting Buffalo.
Mike Matheson scored the game-winner from the best facet at 1:21 of the additional body, off assists from Juraj Slafkovsky and Suzuki. Slafkovsky and Matheson every collected a aim and an help, Cole Caufield additionally scored, Lane Hutson logged two assists and Sam Montembeault made 33 saves for the Canadiens.
Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin scored and JJ Peterka had two assists for the Sabres, who’ve misplaced three straight (0-2-1). James Reimer made 16 saves.
Sharks 3, Maple Leafs 2 (SO)
Fabian Zetterlund scored the decisive aim of a shootout and visiting San Jose got here again to defeat Toronto.
Jack Thompson and Tyler Toffoli scored within the third interval for the Sharks, who ended an eight-game shedding streak. Alexander Wennberg had two assists and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 25 photographs.
John Tavares had a aim and an help and Matthew Knies additionally scored for the Maple Leafs, who had a five-game successful streak finish. Anthony Stolarz made 20 saves.
Rangers 4, Islanders 0
Will Cuylle scored on a fortuitous bounce late within the first interval and added an help because the Rangers beat the visiting Islanders for the third time in three conferences this season.
The Rangers recorded consecutive shutouts for the primary time since March 18-19, 2023. J.T. Miller, who assisted on Cuylle’s aim, scored his seventh aim in 11 video games since being acquired on Jan. 31. Will Borgen netted his first profession short-handed aim and Artemi Panarin contributed an empty-net tally. Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves.
The Islanders misplaced for the sixth time in 9 video games (3-6-0) since successful seven straight. The guests, who scored seven objectives in opposition to the Nashville Predators on Saturday, have been blanked for the seventh time this season. Igor Sorokin stopped 22 photographs for the Isles, who’ve been outscored 14-3 by the Rangers this season.
Blackhawks 5, Kings 1
Spencer Knight stopped 41 photographs in his staff debut and Ilya Mikheyev and Ryan Donato every tallied a aim and help to carry host Chicago to a win in opposition to slumping Los Angeles.
Chicago has gained consecutive video games for the primary time since incomes three straight wins from Dec. 15-19. Outshot 42-19, the Blackhawks overwhelmed Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper nonetheless. Los Angeles was outscored 15-4 on a winless, three-game street journey to Dallas, St. Louis and Chicago.
Knight shined in his first sport for the Blackhawks after arriving Saturday in a commerce with the Florida Panthers. Alec Martinez, Ethan Del Mastro and Andreas Athanasiou additionally scored for Chicago, whereas Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings and Kuemper had 14 saves.
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