Thursday in the NHL | Stamkos reaches the 1000 point plateau

Lightning beat Flyers 4-1

Steven Stamkos had an assist and reached 1,000 NHL career points, while Nick Paul scored twice to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday.

Ian Cole had a goal and an assist, Ross Colton also hit the target, Corey Perry was credited with two assists, while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves.

The Lightning have won seven of their last nine games.

Travis Konecny ​​replied for the Flyers, who ended a 10-game losing streak by defeating the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

Stamkos, selected first overall in the 2008 draft, had an assist on Paul’s second goal at 7:55 of the second period.

“I’ve never celebrated a secondary assist so much in my career,” Stamkos said.

The Lightning captain raised both arms in the air as the puck crossed the goal line and all of his teammates came off the bench to celebrate with him.

“It’s special,” Stamkos said. It’s an individual stat, but there are so many people who have helped me reach this plateau. It makes you think. It brings back a lot of memories. »

Stamkos is 95^e player to reach this milestone in NHL history, and the first to accumulate 1,000 points with the Lightning. Stamkos helped the Lightning win the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021.

Aaron Bracy, Associated Press

Penguins defeat Golden Knights 4-3

Jake Guentzel and Kasperi Kapanen scored within two minutes of the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins came from behind to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Thursday night.

Guentzel’s power play goal tied the game at 3-3 as 112 seconds later Kapanen scored for the first time in nearly two months.

Tristan Jarry finished the game with 34 saves for the Penguins, who won their first game since defenseman Kris Letang suffered a stroke on Monday.

Brock McGinn and Rickard Rakell also threaded the needle for the Penguins, who suffered only the Golden Knights’ second road loss this season.

Shea Theodore, Jack Eichel and Reilly Smith hit the mark for the Golden Knights.

Logan Thompson, the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for November, has stopped 43 pucks and lost just the third time in his last 13 starts.

Will Graves, Associated Press

Predators beat Devils 4-3 in overtime

Ryan Johansen scored his second goal of the game 33 seconds into overtime, Juuse Saros stopped 25 shots and the Nashville Predators defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday.

Johansen took advantage of a pass from Matt Duchene, then beat goalkeeper Vitek Vanecek.

Mikael Granlund tied the game with nine seconds left in the third period. The Predators had just passed a successful penalty when Granlund forced a tiebreaker.

Colton Sissons also scored for the Predators, who have won their last seven games at the Prudential Center.

Kevin Bahl, Jesper Bratt and Alexander Holtz replied for the Devils. They hit the target within 2:38 range early in the second period, putting the Devils up 3-2.

Vanecek made 20 saves.

Allan Kreda, Associated Press

Avalanche edge Sabers 6-4

Nathan MacKinnon and JT Compher both scored twice as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Buffalo Sabers 6-4 on Thursday night.

MacKinnon added three assists while Compher had two for the Avalanche, which posted a fifth win in its last seven games.

Artturi Lehkonen and Mikko Rantanen rounded out the scoring for the Colorado squad. Alexandar Georgiev made 24 saves.

Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, JJ Peterka and Dylan Cozens shone the red light for the Sabers, who have lost three of their last four outings. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen blocked 28 shots.

The Sabers led 2-1, but the Avalanche took the lead for good when MacKinnon and Lehkonen scored on the power play within 49 seconds.

The Sabers came within one goal on two occasions, to go 4-3 and 5-4, but were unable to tie the game.

Associated Press

Kirill Kaprizov guides Wild to 5-3 win

Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists as the Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday night.

Kaprizov has scored at least one goal in his last four games and had at least one point in his last 10 games, which is a career high.

The Russian forward has amassed 10 goals and 11 assists in his last 16 outings.

Joel Eriksson Ek has the needle once in addition to assisting in a goal for the Wild, which has won four of its last five games. Frédérick Gaudreau, Sam Steel and Mats Zuccarello also blacked out the scoresheet in the win.

Marc-André Fleury made 18 saves in front of the Minnesota team.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl hit the target in a third straight game as Klim Kostin scored his first goal in an Oilers uniform.

Jack Campbell blocked 25 pucks in a losing cause.

Brian Hall, Associated Press

Jordan Martinook scores three goals in Hurricanes win

Jordan Martinook had a hat trick as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Thursday.

After a turnover, Martinook scored the game-winning goal with 4:35 left in regulation, beating goaltender Jordan Binnington with a wrist shot. Martinook had also moved the ropes in the second period and he completed his hat trick with nine seconds left in the game.

Brent Burns, Seth Jarvis and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who won a third straight game. Antti Raanta stopped 22 shots.

Pavel Buchnevich, Noel Acciari, Torey Krug and Ryan O’Reilly replied for the Blues. Binnington made 29 saves, wasting an opportunity to score a 100^e victory on his record in the NHL.

The Blues have lost four of their last five games. They’ve been outscored 21-9 in their last four outings.

Warren Mayes, Associated Press

The Stars shut out the Ducks

Jason Robertson recorded the third hat trick of his career as the Dallas Stars shut out the Anaheim Ducks 5-0 on Thursday night.

Robertson became the NHL’s first 20-goal scorer this season when he deflected a puck into the net during the first period. He thus increased his streak of games with at least one point to 17. The Stars record is 20 and it was set by Brian Bellows in 1986.

Robertson added his 21^e and 22^e goals of the campaign on the power play, hitting the target in every period of this matchup against the Ducks.

It was the fourth time in six games that Robertson had scored at least two goals.

Joel Kiviranta and Wyatt Johnston also moved the ropes for the Stars, who lead the Central Division.

Jake Oettinger was perfect in front of 31 shots and collected his fourth career shutout.

Anthony Stolarz made 36 saves for the Ducks.

Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press