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Vasilevskiy gets shutout as Lightning snap two-game skid

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An- left pad in the game’s final
drei Vasilevskiy made 34 minute.
saves in his second shutout OILERS 3, COYOTES 2, OT
this season, and the Tampa EDMONTON, Alberta (AP)
Bay Lightning ended a two- — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
game skid with a 2-0 victory scored 4:20 into overtime
over the Buffalo Sabres on as the Oilers defeated the
Tuesday night. Coyotes for their second
Defenseman Dan Girardi win in a row.
and rookie Mikhail Ser- Zack Kassian and Matt Ben-
gachev had goals for the ning also scored for the Oil-
Lightning in the third of ers, who have only won
a four-game trip. Tampa two straight games on one
Bay is off to the best start other occasion all season.
in franchise history (17-5-2) Christian Fischer and Oli-
but had lost consecutive ver Ekman-Larsson scored
games for the first time this for the Coyotes, who have
season. lost three of their last four
Vasilevskiy leads the NHL games.
with 16 wins and has six ca- Fischer showed a great
reer shutouts in 101 starts. second effort to lift his own
Robin Lehner stopped 24 rebound over outstretched
shots for the Sabres, who Oilers goalie Cam Talbot
were held scoreless for the during a scramble in front
second straight game and Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) keeps his eyes on the puck during the first to give Arizona an early
have lost nine of 10. period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. lead. It was the 17th time in
SHARKS 3, FLYERS 1 ry assist on Eberle’s goal. ered after giving up two vantage. 25 games this season that
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Jaroslav Halak made 22 three-goal leads to beat After Brown and Kopitar Edmonton has trailed 1-0.
Thornton scored the go- saves for the Islanders. the Rangers. puts the Kings ahead, they Kassian finally converted on
ahead goal late in the first Vancouver dropped to 11- Jonathan Huberdeau had pulled away in the third. one of many breakaways
period and the Sharks ex- 10-4 with its third straight a goal and an assist, and Adrian Kempe scored early this season, beating Coy-
tended the Flyers’ longest loss, all to the three teams Aleksander Barkov, Jamie in the period and Kopitar’s otes goalie Scott Wedge-
losing streak in nearly 10 in the New York City metro- McGinn and Micheal Hal- second goal of the game wood for his first goal of the
years to nine games. politan area. ey also scored for Florida. gave Los Angeles a three- campaign to tie the game
Chris Tierney and Marc- Thomas Vanek and Bo James Reimer finished with goal cushion with 7-plus 1-1 with 3:30 left in the first.
Edouard Vlasic also scored Horvat scored for the Ca- 33 saves. minutes left. MAPLE LEAFS 4, FLAMES 1
and Logan Couture had nucks, while Anders Nilsson On the winning goal, Mal- The Red Wings started CALGARY, Alberta (AP) —
two assists for the Sharks, stopped 31 shots. gin fired a shot from the in- strong, but couldn’t recov- Roman Polak scored his
who kicked off a four- BLUE JACKETS 3, HURRI- side edge of the left circle er when they failed to get first goal of the season and
game trip with their second CANES 2, SO to beat Rangers goalie On- another shot past Quick. Frederik Andersen made 19
straight win. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — drej Pavelec for his first of Detroit’s Mike Green broke saves as the Maple Leafs
Claude Giroux scored 48 Cam Atkinson and Artemi the season. a scoreless tie late in the beat the Flames. The game
seconds in before the Fly- Panarin scored in the shoot- Chris Kreider had two goals second period and Jimmy was scoreless until late in
ers were blanked the rest of out to give the Blue Jackets and an assist, Pavel Buch- Howard finished with 32 the first period when Po-
the way by backup Aaron a win over the Hurricanes. nevich added a goal and saves. lak gave the visitors a lead
Dell, who made 22 saves. Zach Werenski had a goal two assists, and J.T. Miller PREDATORS 3, BLACK- they would not relinquish
The Flyers are 0-4-5 since and an assist, and Josh also scored for the Rang- HAWKS 2 with a fluke goal that pin-
their last win, Nov. 9 against Anderson also scored for ers, who snapped an eight- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — balled off two Flames on
Chicago. It’s the longest the Blue Jackets, who won game winning streak at Pekka Rinne made 37 saves the way into the net.
skid since an 0-8-2 stretch in their first game after their home and lost for just the to lead the Predators to a Polak’s slap shot from the
February 2008. season-best six-game win- third time in their last 13 win over the Blackhawks. blue line first deflected off
ISLANDERS 5, CANUCKS 2 ning streak ended. Colum- games overall. David De- Filip Forsberg, Austin Wat- Mark Jankowski and then,
NEW YORK (AP) — Calvin bus has won five in a row at sharnais had three assist to son and Roman Josi scored as it was going well wide of
de Haan and Jordan Eber- home. help New York tie it after goals for the Predators, the Calgary net, it deflect-
le scored goals one minute Joonas Korpisalo, making a trailing 3-0 and 4-1. who have won 10 of 12. ed off the knee of Travis
apart in the first period to rare start in place of Sergei KINGS 4, RED WINGS 1 Tommy Wingels and Lance Hamonic and straight past
spark the Islanders to a win Bobrovsky, made 29 saves DETROIT (AP) — Dustin Bouma had the goals for goaltender Mike Smith. Ni-
over the Canucks. in regulation and overtime Brown and Anze Kopitar Chicago, which had its kita Zaitsev, Nazem Kadri
Eberle now has goals in for the Blue Jackets. Bo- scored 2:10 apart late in two-game winning streak and Leo Komarov, with an
three straight games and brovsky leads the league the second period to put snapped. empty-netter, also scored
recorded his 400th NHL in save percentage and the Kings ahead and they With Nashville clinging to a for Toronto.
point as New York improved goals-against average and went on to beat the Red one-goal lead late in the STARS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS
to 15-7-2 overall and 8-0-2 got his first night off in three Wings. third, Rinne made his best 0
at Barclays Center. weeks as Korpisalo made Jonathan Quick made save of the night when he LAS VEGAS (AP) — Radek
Andrew Ladd, Anders Lee his fifth start. 23 saves, including some denied Nick Schmaltz’s Faksa scored three goals
and John Tavares also PANTHERS 5, RANGERS 4 spectacular stops in the backhand from just outside and Ben Bishop registered
scored goals for New York, NEW YORK (AP) — Denis second period that kept the crease on a shorthand- his second shutout of the
and rookie center Mathew Malgin scored with 1:09 left the Kings within a goal. ed breakaway. He later season, as the Stars defeat-
Barzal recorded the prima- and the Panthers recov- His teammates took ad- denied WIngels with the ed the Golden Knights.q