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WASHINGTON (AP) Brayden Point scored two first-period goals Toronto Maple Leafs Hats Womens , Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots to earn his NHL-leading 35th victory and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 Tuesday night in a matchup between division leaders.Chris Kunitz also scored in the opening period, which ended with Tampa Bay up 3-0. That was enough of a cushion for Vasilevskiy, an All-Star who came in with a 2.34 goals-against average.After Alex Ovechkin notched his NHL-high 36th goal for Washington to make it 3-2 at 11:02 of the third period, Nikita Kucherov clinched it with a breakaway goal with 7:02 remaining.Article continues below ...The victory improved Tampa Bay’s NHL-best record to 40-17-3 and kept the Lightning ahead of surging Boston in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference.Lars Eller scored a power-play goal for the Capitals, who lead Pittsburgh by one point in the Metropolitan Division.FLYERS 3, CANADIENS 2, OTPHILADELPHIA (AP) – Jakub Voracek scored the tying goal with 1:25 left in regulation and then got the game-winner 1:26 into overtime to lift Philadelphia past Montreal.Voracek also had an assist and Nolan Patrick had the other goal for Philadelphia, which improved to 7-0-2 in its last nine games. The Flyers, third in the Metropolitan Division, pulled two points behind second-place Pittsburgh and three behind first-place Washington.Paul Byron and Jeff Petry scored for Montreal, which lost its sixth straight. The Canadiens‘ NHL-worst road record fell to 8-19-2.With Philadelphia goalie Alex Lyon pulled for an extra attacker, Voracek sent the game to overtime with a slap shot from the point that deflected off Montreal’s Max Pacioretty and through goalie Carey Price’s five-hole.Voracek netted the game-winner when he skated to the slot and fired a wrist shot past Price’s glove side.BLUE JACKETS 2, DEVILS 1NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Defenseman Scott Harrington broke a second-period tie with his second goal of the season, and slumping Columbus snapped a three-game skid and ended New Jersey’s four-game winning streak.Boone Jenner also scored as the Blue Jackets moved into the second wild-card position in the Eastern Conference with 65 points, one ahead of Carolina and the Islanders. Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves in helping the Blue Jackets win for the fifth time in 15 games (5-9-2).Taylor Hall scored for the Devils to extend his point-scoring streak to 12 games, tying David Pastrnak of the Bruins for the league-high this season. He also pushed his personal point-scoring streak to 19 games. He missed three games with a thumb injury, so the league does not consider that to be part of his current streak.Keith Kinkaid had 17 saves for New Jersey, which holds the first wild-card spot in the conference.PREDATORS 3 Custom Toronto Maple Leafs Jerseys , RED WINGS 2DETROIT (AP) – Viktor Arvidsson scored his third goal in two games and Nashville ended its seven-game skid to Detroit.Scott Hartnell and Kyle Turris also scored, and Juuse Saros stopped 34 shots for the Predators, who ended a three-game losing streak in Detroit since a win on Nov. 19, 2013.Andreas Athanasiou and Tomas Tatar scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard finished with 26 saves.SHARKS 3, BLUES 2ST. LOUIS (AP) – Logan Couture and Mikkel Boedker each had a goal and an assist, sending San Jose to a victory over slumping St. Louis.Joonas Donskoi also scored and Martin Jones made 30 saves for the Sharks, who have won five of their last six games.Ivan Barbashev and Vladimir Tarasenko had the goals for the Blues, who have lost a season-high four straight.All five goals were scored in the second period.KINGS 4, JETS 3WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Dion Phaneuf scored on the power play for his third goal in four games with Los Angeles, helping the Kings cap a seven-game road trip with a win over Winnipeg.Alec Martinez also scored on the power play, Dustin Brown’s goal late in the third period stood as the winner and Torrey Mitchell had the other goal for the Kings. Darcy Kuemper stopped 30 shots to win his fifth straight start.Anze Kopitar picked up an assist on Brown’s goal, giving him his 800th NHL point in his 900th career game.Patrik Laine scored on the power play with 49 seconds left to trim the deficit for Winnipeg. Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien had the other Jets goals, and Laine added an assist.Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves for the Jets, who completed a 6-3-1 homestand.It was the third consecutive win for the Kings, who were coming off a 3-1 victory at Chicago the night before and went 4-3 on their trip.MAPLE LEAFS 1, PANTHERS 0TORONTO (AP) – Frederik Andersen made 40 saves, James van Riemsdyk scored his 25th goal with 28 seconds left in the first period and surging Toronto blanked Florida.The shutout was Andersen’s career-best fifth of the season. The 28-year-old goalie has reached 30 wins for the third time.The Maple Leafs have won 11 of 12 and improved to 14-4-2 since Jan. 4.The Panthers have dropped back-to-back games after opening their five-game road trip with three straight wins. Florida entered the night six points out of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots in the loss.BRUINS 3 www.canucksshoponline.com , OILERS 2EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – David Krejci broke a tie with 1:04 remaining and Boston rallied for three goals in the third period to beat Edmonton.Noel Acciari and Matt Grzelcyk also scored for the Bruins, who have won seven of nine and are one point back of Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division and overall NHL standings.Ryan Strome and Jujhar Khaira had the goals for the Oilers, who have lost seven of eight.Strome got the Oilers on the scoreboard on a 2-on-1 break with 1:31 left in the first period as Edmonton was being outshot 13-2 to that point. Khaira made it 2-0 with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the second.Boston, which had a 29-14 advantage on shots through 40 minutes, got on the board 4:37 into the third when Acciari swung a puck that bounced off Strome and in. Grzelcyk put the puck past a diving Talbot during a flurry to tie it with eight minutes left.AVALANCHE 5, CANUCKS 4, OTVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Nathan MacKinnon scored Colorado’s fifth power-play goal of the game 3:36 into overtime, lifting the Avalanche past Vancouver to cap a comeback from three goals down.With Daniel Sedin off for hooking, Tyson Barrie passed to MacKinnon, who fired a shot from the faceoff circle past Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson.Barrie, who had four assists, tied it with 3:01 remaining in the third period.Tyson Jost, Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog also scored for Colorado. MacKinnon also had three assists, Rantanen added two and Landeskog one. Semyon Varlamov finished with 24 saves.Brandon Suter and Nikolay Goldobin each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks in a wild second period. Darren Archibald and Bo Horvat also scored for Vancouver. Nilsson stopped 29 shots. NEW YORK (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets are finding ways to win late during their best stretch of the season.Jacob Trouba and Adam Lowry scored 22 seconds apart early in the third period, rallying the Jets to a 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.Nikolaj Ehlers added an empty-net goal with 2.1 seconds left and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 27 shots to help Winnipeg get its season-high fourth straight win and fifth in six games.“We were able to grind and stick with our game,” Hellebuyck said. “We’re believing in ourselves and doing everything right.”The Jets have three straight road wins for the first time this season after completing a sweep of their three-game trip to the New York area. Winnipeg beat New Jersey 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, then won 4-3 in a shootout against the Rangers on Sunday.“Of the three Vancouver Canucks T-Shirts Womens , I was maybe most pleased with tonight,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “A very grinding game. They had the rest advantage on us but we were very smart. … They accepted the game that was being played and got comfortable.”The Jets scored three goals after the second period in each of the three wins.“We believe in our system and when you believe in something good things start to come,” Hellebuyck said. “It’s huge to get all six points on the three games here. A key for your season.”Anders Lee scored and Thomas Greiss finished with 21 saves for New York, which has lost three of four (1-2-1). The Islanders were back at Barclays Center three nights after rallying for a 3-2 win over Columbus in their first regular-season game at Nassau Coliseum in 3 1/2 years.Despite the loss, they were pleased with how they played in this one.“We had some really good opportunities to score and Hellebuyck kept a lot of them out,” Lee said. “Credit to him on those, but for the most part we did play a pretty good game.”Lee broke the scoreless tie 1:33 into the third period when he knocked down Johnny Boychuk’s shot from the right point and beat Hellebuyck from the left side for his 10th. It gave Lee four goals and six points in the last six games.Trouba tied it on the power play with a slap shot straightaway from the blue line for his third at 3:39. Lowry put the Jets ahead as he scored on a rebound of Brandon Tanev’s shot in front for his fifth at 4:01.Lowry’s goal was his first since Oct. 20. He had three assists in 18 games since.“I’ve had some chances last few games,” he said. “There was a stretch I wasn’t really happy with how my game was going. … I was real happy to see that one go in.”After a brisk first period in which neither team mustered a lot of chances, both picked up the pace in the second. Winnipeg, outshot 8-3 in the first, had a 15-12 edge in the middle period.The Islanders’ best try of the period came about six minutes in when Hellebuyck stopped Lee’s tip try in front and then denied Jordan Eberle’s follow attempt. Greiss made two stellar saves on Kyle Connor late in the second to keep the game scoreless. First, he stopped Connor’s try in front, then he made a shoulder save lunging to his right on Connor’s follow.New York had the first five shots of the game but then went nine minutes between Nick Leddy’s slap shot from beyond the left circle at 7:48 and Valtteri Filppula’s attempt from the edge of the left circle with 3:08 remaining.Winnipeg didn’t get its first shot on goal until Tyler Myers‘ try from the right point 9:11 in, but then had nothing after Blake Wheeler’s slap shot from the right circle with 8:01 left in the opening period.NOTES: The Jets’ Mark Scheifele snapped a five-game point streak in which he had five goals and four assists. Patrik Laine ended a five-game point and assist streak in which he had a goal and eight assists. … Winnipeg is 7-0-0 this season in games tied after two periods, and 9-3-0 when giving up the first goal. … Winnipeg has scored 38 goals over its last nine games. … Lee has 10 goals and 14 points in 11 career games against the Jets. … New York went 0 for 2 on the power play and is 0 for 18 over its last eight games.UP NEXTJets: Host St. Louis on Friday night in the opener of a four-game homestand.Islanders: At Pittsburgh on Thursday night to begin a two-game trip.