Steven Stamkos scores 4 targets to assist Lightning finish Oilers’ successful streak at 8

EDMONTON, Alberta — Steven Stamkos scored 4 targets, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 53 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Edmonton 7-4 on Thursday evening to finish the Oilers’ successful streak at eight.

Nikita Kucherov had a aim and two assists to push his NHL-leading factors complete to 50. Tyler Motte and Anthony Cirelli additionally scored to assist Tampa Bay enhance to 14-12-5 with its fourth victory in six video games.

Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton. The Oilers fell to 13-13-1, falling a victory in need of matching the longest successful streak in franchise historical past.

Tampa Bay acquired off to a fast begin with a power-play aim 1:07 into the opening interval when Stamkos fired a snapshot previous Stuart Skinner. It was Stamkos’ 2 hundredth profession power-play aim, making him the twentieth participant in NHL historical past to hit the benchmark.

Stamkos tied it at 3 early within the third, batting a rebound out of the air and bouncing it previous Skinner. The Lightning captain made it 5-3 on a shot that went off the put up and in for his twelfth NHL hat trick, then added his 14th of the season into an empty web.

BLUE JACKETS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 5, OT

PHOTOS: Steven Stamkos scores 4 targets to assist Lightning finish Oilers’ successful streak at 8

TORONTO — Kent Johnson scored his second aim of the sport at 3:26 of time beyond regulation to provide Columbus the victory after Toronto overcame a five-goal deficit within the third interval.

Patrik Laine, Justin Danforth, Yegor Chinakhov and Johnny Gaudreau additionally scored for Columbus and Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves.

Auston Matthews scored Toronto’s closing two targets to interrupt a tie for the NHL lead with 23. William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Jake McCabe additionally scored and Ilya Samsonov stopped 29 pictures to assist Toronto run its factors streak to eight at 5-0-3.

Matthews scored on a one-timer from Nylander that trickled in with 1:15 remaining, then netted one other with 44.4 seconds left on a one-timer from Nylander. Johnson wired residence a wrist shot within the additional interval.

BLUES 4, SENATORS 2

ST. LOUIS — Robert Thomas had two targets and an help and St. Louis received in interim coach Drew Bannister’s NHL teaching debut, beating Ottawa to finish a four-game dropping streak.

Bannister was moved up from the Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield after Craig Berube who was fired Tuesday evening.

Pavel Buchnevich added a aim and an help, Brandon Saad additionally scored and Justin Faulk had a two assists. Jordan Binnington made 32 saves.

Dominik Kubalik and Mathieu Joseph scored for Ottawa and Joonas Korpisalo made 26 saves. The Senators have dropped three of 4.

KRAKEN 7, BLACKHAWKS 1

SEATTLE — Kailer Yamamoto scored twice within the first interval, Oliver Bjorkstrand had a aim and two assists and Seattle shut down Chicago and rookie sensation Connor Bedard.

Seattle received consecutive video games for simply the third time this season and the primary time while not having time beyond regulation. The Kraken snapped an eight-game dropping streak with a 4-0 victory over Florida on Tuesday evening and adopted up by overpowering the outmatched Blackhawks.

Bjorkstrand, Tye Kartye and Eeli Tolvanen scored in the course of the three-goal second interval, and Jared McCann and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored 21 seconds aside early within the third interval. Joey Daccord adopted up his first profession shutout by stopping 21 of twenty-two pictures.

Taylor Raddysh scored for Chicago.

HURRICANES 2, RED WINGS 1

DETROIT — Jordan Staal broke a tie halfway by means of the second interval and Carolina held off Detroit.

Jack Drury additionally scored for Carolina and Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves. The Hurricanes completed off a six-game journey with consecutive victories after dropping the primary 4.

Michael Rasmussen scored for Detroit within the second interval for his one hundredth profession level. Ville Husso stopped 36 pictures for the Red Wings. They have misplaced 4 of 5.

WILD 3, FLAMES 2, SO

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy scored within the shootout and Minnesota beat Calgary to enhance to 6-2 since John Hynes took over as coach for the fired Dean Evason.

Boldy and Marco Rossi scored in regulation and Filip Gustavsson stopped 36 pictures.

Yegor Sharangovich and Blake Coleman scored for Calgary. The Flames are 1-5-1 of their final seven.

FLYERS 4, CAPITALS 3, SO

PHILADELPHIA — Bobby Brink scored the deciding aim within the shootout and in addition related in regulation in Philadelphia’s victory over Washington.

Sean Couturier additionally scored within the shootout for Philadelphia. Owen Tippett and Joel Farabee scored in regulation and Samuel Ersson made 27 saves.