Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for his second straight shutout and 23rd overall and the defending champion Lightning beat the visiting Dallas Stars 5-0 on Saturday night in the first Stanley Cup Finals rematch of the season.
The teams will meet again Tuesday night in Dallas. They had four previous scheduled meetings season postponed because of COVID protocols and weather issues in Dallas.
Steven Stamkos and Anthony Cirelli each had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay, and Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point and Pat Maroon also scored. The Lightning scored two power-play goals and one short-handed while extending their winning streak to four.
“We did a lot of good things and it was just a good team effort,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “Special teams were outstanding with the power play going 2-for-2, so it was just one of those games where we played well and a lot of things went right for us.”
Wild 4, Kings 3: Matt Dumba scored in overtime as Minnesota beat visiting Los Angeles to extend its winning streak to six. With time running out, Minnesota’s Mats Zuccarello dug the puck out of a scrum on the side boards and slipped a pass to Dumba in the slot. The Wild defenseman made a move and flipped a wrist shot past goalie Calvin Peterson with 0.3 of a second left.
Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 0: Jack Campbell made 30 saves for the shutout and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist for visiting Toronto, which was without NHL goals leader Auston Matthews because of a wrist injury. Edmonton had won five straight.
Avalanche 6, Coyotes 2: Former Sharks forward Joonas Donskoi had one of Colorado’s four third-period goals as the visiting Avalanche beat Arizona for the second night in a row.
Jets 2, Canadiens 1: Paul Stastny scored 36 seconds into overtime as host Winnipeg won its fourth in a row. Montreal has lost five in a row, including two under interim head coach Dominique Ducharme.
Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stops a third-period shot against the Stars, one of 20 saves in his 23rd career shutout.
Mike Carlson / Associated PressGolden Knights 3, Ducks 2: William Karlsson scored at 3:23 of overtime as Vegas won in Anaheim.
Flames 6, Senators 3: Juuso Valimaki and Mikael Backlund scored 37 seconds apart during a three-goal first period to help Calgary end host Ottawa’s three-game winning streak.
Flyers 3, Sabres 0: Brian Elliott stopped 23 shots for visiting Philadelphia for his second shutout of Buffalo this season. The Flyers activated four players from the NHL’s COVID protocols list; only one of Philadelphia’s seven players who had been on the list remains out.
Capitals 5, Devils 2: Garnet Hathaway and Daniel Sprong scored in the opening 5:06 as visiting Washington won for the sixth time in seven games.
Predators 2, Blue Jackets 1: Mattias Ekholm scored two second-period goals — the first multi-goal game of his 551-game career — and Juuse Saros made 29 saves for host Nashville.
Hurricanes 4, Panthers 3: Martin Necas scored the winning goal in a shootout for visiting Carolina.
Penguins 4, Islanders 3: Kris Letang got his second goal of the game 4:34 into overtime to lift visiting Pittsburgh to its the sixth win in eight games.
Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 3: Frans Nielsen had a goal and an assist as visiting Detroit won for the third time in four games.
Briefly: Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark, who exited Thursday’s game against the Devils in the first period, will miss at least the next month with a lower-body injury. ... The Bruins claimed defenseman Jarred Tinordi off waivers from the Predators.
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