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Lightning blank Blues 3-0 in matchup of NHL’s top 2 teams

By The Associated Press row. Semyon Varlamov
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nikita stopped 22 shots in the fi-
Kucherov and Brayden nale of a four-game trip.
Point scored, Andrei Vasi- BLACKHAWKS 3, PANTHERS
levskiy stopped 32 shots 2, OT
and the Tampa Bay Light- CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick
ning beat the St. Louis Blues Kane scored 2:24 into over-
3-0 on Tuesday night in a time and Chicago topped
matchup of the NHL’s top Florida for its third straight
two teams. win.
Tyler Johnson added an Blackhawks captain Jona-
empty-netter as Tampa than Toews tied it at 2 with
Bay (22-6-2) earned its fifth 6:02 left in the third period
straight win. It was Vasilevs- after a terrific pass from
kiy’s third shutout this sea- Brandon Saad. Toews and
son and the seventh of his Saad each had a goal and
career. an assist. Chicago rookie
Jake Allen made 22 saves Alex DeBrincat added two
for St. Louis, which had won assists.
four in a row. The Blues (21- Nick Bjugstad scored in the
9-2) were shut out for the second and Jamie McGinn
third time at home this sea- put the Panthers in front
son. 3:53 into the third. James
DEVILS 5, KINGS 1 Reimer made 25 saves.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Taylor Tampa Bay Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov, of Russia, scores as St. Louis Blues’ Scottie Upshall, right, Corey Crawford stopped
Hall scored twice and New watches during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in St. Louis. The 35 shots for the Blackhawks,
Jersey ended Los Angeles’ Lightning won 3-0. who had lost five in a row
eight-game winning streak. Associated Press before their win streak.
Travis Zajac, Brian Boyle streak was the longest in from being shut out for the kanen and Devante Smith- OILERS 7, BLUE JACKETS 2
and Brian Gibbons also the NHL this season. first time this season. Pelly added third-period COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —
scored for the Devils, who It was Los Angeles’ first CAPITALS 5, AVALANCHE 2 goals for the Capitals, Connor McDavid had a
snapped a two-game skid. defeat in regulation since WASHINGTON (AP) — John and Braden Holtby made goal and three assists, and
Cory Schneider made 16 a 2-1 loss to Winnipeg on Carlson scored a tiebreak- 22 saves. Jakub Vrana Laurent Brossoit stopped 28
saves. Nov. 22. ing goal in the second scored early, and Evgeny shots as Edmonton routed
The Kings were beaten for Jonathan Quick made 21 period and Washington Kuznetsov had three assists. Columbus.
the first time since losing saves for the Kings, and Tor- defeated Colorado for its Colin Wilson and Tyler Jost Mark Letestu, Matt Ben-
3-2 in overtime to Arizona rey Mitchell’s goal with 7:56 eighth win in 10 games. scored for the Avalanche, ning and Jesse Puljujarvi
on Nov. 24. Their winning left prevented Los Angeles Brett Connolly, Matt Nis- who had won two in a each had a goal and an
assist for the Oilers, who
chased Vezina Trophy-win-
ning goaltender Sergei Bo-
brovsky at the end of the
second period.
Brassoit started his seventh
game since the injury to
No. 1 goalie Cam Talbot
last month.
Zack Kassian, Ryan Nu-
gent-Hopkins and Milan Lu-
cic also scored for Edmon-
ton. McDavid’s four points
pushed his team-leading
total to 39. Oliver Bjork-
strand and Jack Johnson
scored for the Blue Jackets,
who lost for only the fourth
time in the last 14 games.
HURRICANES 3, GOLDEN
KNIGHTS 2, SO
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cam
Ward earned his 300th ca-
reer win when Phillip Di Gi-
useppe’s goal in the fifth
round of a shootout lifted
Carolina over Vegas.
Marcus Kruger and Trevor
van Riemsdyk scored for
the Hurricanes in regula-
tion. Ward, who made 22
saves, became the 32nd
goalie in NHL history to
reach 300 wins.q