Lightning storm past Sabres for 5th consecutive victory

Sat, Jan 20, 2024
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Nicholas Paul and Tyler Motte scored 52 seconds apart in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday for their fifth consecutive victory.

Brandon Hagel had two assists, and Paul added an assist when defenseman Calvin de Haan scored into the empty net late in the third period. Jonas Johansson, a former Sabres player now backing up Andrei Vasilevskiy with the Lightning, made 27 saves in the opener of a three-game road trip.

Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres after missing the previous game with an upper-body injury. Following consecutive shutout victories, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 13 of 15 shots for Buffalo.

AVALANCHE 7, FLYERS 4

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and three assists, Logan O'Connor had a hat trick and Colorado held on to defeat Philadelphia.

Cole Makar recorded his 300th career point, Mikko Rantanen scored twice and Ross Colton added three assists for the Avalanche, who ended a five-game road trip with a 3-2 record. Alexandar Georgiev made 34 saves.

Cam Atkinson had a goal and two assists for Philadelphia, which had won five in a row. Travis Konecny, Joel Farabee and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers. Coach John Tortorella replaced goalie Carter Hart with Sam Ersson to start the third period after Hart gave up five goals on 15 shots.

COYOTES 3, PREDATORS 2

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Clayton Keller scored two goals and Connor Ingram made 31 saves in Arizona's victory over Nashville.

Michael Carcone also scored for Arizona, which had lost its last two games. Ingram posted his 16th victory while making his sixth straight start.

Roman Josi and Tommy Novak scored and Juuse Saros made 23 saves for the Predators, who had won three of four and six of nine. Josi had his 166th career goal, passing Shea Weber for the most by a defenseman in franchise history.

JETS 2, SENATORS 1, OT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Nikolaj Ehlers' goal with 45.8 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Winnipeg past Ottawa.

Mason Appleton scored in the second period for the Jets to open the scoring. Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves.

Parker Kelly scored the tying goal in the third period for Ottawa, which played its first overtime game of the season. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 27 shots.

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