Overview
- Nikita Kucherov netted the shootout winner and Andrei Vasilevskiy earned his eighth consecutive victory as Tampa Bay edged Pittsburgh 2-1 to tie the club mark of 11 straight wins.
- A day earlier, the Lightning’s 5-1 win in Philadelphia marked their 10th in a row, featured Jonas Johansson’s 20 saves and delivered coach Jon Cooper his 600th career victory.
- Boston recorded a second straight shutout by blanking Detroit 3-0 to extend its winning streak to four, while Washington rallied from 2-0 down to beat Montreal in overtime after two third-period goals by Ethan Frank.
- Connor McDavid pushed his point streak to 20 games with two assists in Edmonton’s 4-3 overtime loss at Nashville.
- Pittsburgh placed defenseman Erik Karlsson on injured reserve, and St. Louis defenseman Philip Broberg remained in concussion protocol as the Blues snapped a skid with Joel Hofer’s 33-save shutout of Carolina.