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Vasilevskiy Stops 15 Shots, Lightning Beat Islanders 3-1

By The Canadian Press February 8th, 2020

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TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos and Carter Verhaeghe scored and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 15 shots and improved to 16-0-2 in his last 18 starts as the Lightning won their ninth straight home game and improved to 18-2-1 in the last 21 games.

Derick Brassard scored for New York, which lost in regulation for the first time in six games. Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots for the Islanders.

New York’s Mat Barzal scored with 37.8 seconds left in the first period, but the goal was overturned on an offside challenge.

Point put the Lightning in front with his 20th goal of the season, just 14 seconds into the second period. Nikita Kucherov picked up a puck that circled the boards and fed Point for a breakaway. Point skated in to the inside edge of the right circle and sent a slap shot past Varmalov, becoming the fourth Lightning player to reach 20 goals this season. He joins Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn and Kucherov as 20-goal scorers.

Brayden Point Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Barzal had a chance to tie the game late in the second period as he skated up ice on a partial breakaway, but Anthony Cirelli was able to keep pace with Barzal, who won the Fastest Skater Competition at the All-Star game, and gain leverage to lift Barzal’s stick and strip the puck, preventing a shot attempt.

Verhaeghe put the Lightning up 2-0 at 6:25 of the third period, coming off the left boards with a clear lane to the front of the net. He slipped a backhand shot under the left arm of Varlomov for his sixth goal of the season.

Brassard put the Islanders on the board at 12:12 as he gained inside position at the top of the crease and pushed a pass from Justin Bailey past Vasilevskiy with five seconds remaining on a power play.

NOTES

Tampa Bay D Ryan McDonagh (lower body) is out week-to-week after blocking an Evgeni Malkin shot on Thursday. … Lightning D Luke Schenn, a healthy scratch for 16 consecutive games, played for the first time since Dec. 31. … Tampa Bay RW Nikita Kucherov extended his scoring streak to 10 games. … New York D Scott Mayfield, who missed practice on Friday, was in the lineup. … Lightning C Steven Stamkos extended his scoring streak to 10 games.

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Lightning: At Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.

Islanders: At Washington Capitals on Monday.

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