TAMPA, Florida: Steven Stamkos scored a goal in his fourth consecutive game, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning won their fourth straight by beating the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Tampa Bay also got a goal from Cedric Paquette on a short-handed penalty shot. The Lightning, second in the Atlantic Division, are three points behind first-place Florida.
Jordan Martinook had a goal and Louis Domingue stopped 34 shots for the Coyotes, who were coming off a 3-2 loss Monday night at Washington. Arizona, 10th in the Western Conference, is six points back in the race for the second wild card.
Devils 5, Rangers 2: In Newark, New Jersey, Lee Stempniak scored late in the second period to break a tie and help New Jersey end a three-game losing streak with a win over short-handed New York.
Kyle Palmieri, Sergey Kalinin, Adam Larsson and Tyler Kennedy also scored, and rookie Joseph Blandisi assisted on the tying and go-ahead goals in the second period. Cory Schneider made 17 saves as New Jersey beat the Rangers for the third time in four games this season.
Kevin Hayes and Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers, who lost for only the third time in 10 games (7-2-1). Henrik Lundqvist was outstanding in making 31 saves.
The Rangers played without defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Marc Staal and forward Rick Nash. They also played the third period without J.T. Miller, who received a match penalty late in the second for fighting against Kalinin with his hand taped.
Kings 2, Flames 1: In Los Angeles, Anze Kopitar got the go-ahead goal on a power play late in the second period and defenseman Luke Schenn also scored for Los Angeles in a victory over Calgary.
Jonathan Quick made 22 saves, helping the Kings increase their Pacific Division lead to four points over idle Anaheim. The only puck that got past him was a power-play goal by Sean Monahan.
Joni Ortio stopped 35 shots for the Flames in his first NHL start since Oct. 30.
Kopitar, who sat out Saturday’s 2-1 overtime win at Nashville because of a lower-body injury, got his team-high 18th goal and fifth game-winner at 17:27 of the second from short range while Flames captain Mark Giordano was serving a holding penalty.
Red Wings 2, Blue Jackets 1, SO: In
Detroit, Riley Sheahan scored in a shootout and had the tying goal in the second period, helping Detroit beat Columbus to end a four-game losing streak.
Andreas Athanasiou sealed the victory by scoring in the shootout after Petr Mrazek stopped two shots in the tiebreaker.
Columbus’ Boone Jenner broke a scoreless tie late in the first period. Sheahan tied it with Detroit’s first short-handed goal this season.
Mrazek made 28 saves for the Red Wings. Curtis McElhinney stopped 27 shots for the Blue Jackets.
Hurricanes 3, Flyers 1: In Raleigh, North Carolina, Jordan Staal put Carolina ahead and Eric Staal added an insurance score late to lift the Hurricanes over Philadelphia.
Cam Ward made 36 saves for Carolina. Jordan Staal got his 16th goal and Eric Staal his 10th to end a 16-game scoreless streak.
Philadelphia had won the three previous meetings with Carolina this season in overtime.
Joakim Nordstrom had the other goal for Carolina and has 10 points in his last 12 games.
Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers, and goalie Michal Neuvirth stopped 15 shots.
Predators 3, Maple Leafs 2: In Toronto, Filip Forsberg became the youngest player in franchise history to get a hat trick as Nashville beat Toronto.
The 21-year-old Forsberg also became the fifth Predators player to post a natural hat trick, Elias Sports told the NHL. His outburst helped Nashville improve to 11-1-3 in its last 15 games against Canadian teams, and the Predators also got points on the road for the ninth straight game — the franchise’s longest such streak.
Carter Hutton stopped 25 shots for the Predators. James Reimer made 23 saves for the Maple Leafs.
Josh Leivo and Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto.
The Predators won without captain Shea Weber, who is day to day with a lower-body injury.
Islanders 4, Wild 1: In St. Paul, Minnesota, Frans Nielsen scored twice, John Tavares had a goal and an assist, and New York topped Minnesota in a matchup of surging teams.
Matt Martin also scored for New York, which has won six of eight. Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves as the Islanders improved to 2-0 on a seven-game road trip — their longest of the season.
Nielsen deflected Tavares’ pass on the power play to make it 2-0 in the first period and added a short-handed, empty-net goal late in the third.
Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves as the Wild lost for the first time in five games under interim coach John Torchetti. Chris Porter had his fourth goal of the season for Minnesota, which had scored at least five goals in the four previous games with Torchetti behind the bench.
Stars 5, Jets 3: In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jamie Benn scored twice in the third period and Dallas defeated Winnipeg to end a three-game skid.
Dallas scored three times in the final period, including the 30th and 31st goals for Benn this season. Colton Scevior put the Stars up 3-2 at 12:29 of the third on a goal awarded after a video review showed the puck bounced off the in-net camera before ricocheting out.
Dallas also got goals from Jason Spezza and Valeri Nichushkin. John Klingberg had three assists, and Antti Niemi made 22 saves.
Mark Scheifele, Alexander Burmistrov and Andrew Ladd scored for the Jets, who lost their fourth straight.
Senators 4, Oilers 1: In Edmonton, Alberta, Zack Smith had a goal and an assist as Ottawa ran its winning streak to four games by defeating Edmonton.
Nick Paul, Alex Chiasson and Mark Stone also scored for the Senators, hoping for a late surge into the Eastern Conference playoffs similar to the one they managed last season.
Jordan Eberle had the goal for the Oilers, who have lost five in a row and are once again in last place in the NHL.
