Consult the reports of the games played Monday in the NHL.
The Lightning continues its streak of success
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Monday night.
Anthony Cirelli broke the deadlock in the first period and he even threw off the gloves. Mathieu Joseph, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos also scored for the Lightning.
The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions have not lost in regulation time in their last eight outings (6-0-2).
Mathew Barzal replied for the Islanders, who suffered a third straight loss. Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 pucks.
This was the 12th of 13 Islanders overseas games to kick off the campaign. The New York squad will finally play their opening game in their new arena, UBS Arena, on Saturday night against the Calgary Flames.
The two teams faced off for the first time since the Lightning defeated the Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals in June.
The Canadian Press
Werenski crowns the rise of the Blue Jackets
PHOTO RUSSELL LABOUNTY, USA TODAY SPORTS
Zach Werenski (8) celebrates his goal during the third period of the game against the Red Wings.
Defenseman Zach Werenski gave his team the lead with 79 seconds on the clock after Yegor Chinakhov’s tying goal and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 on Monday night.
Boone Jenner added a goal and an assist in this victory for the Blue Jackets, which ended a narrow two-game losing streak. Adam Boqvist and Alexandre Texier, the latter in an empty net, scored the winners’ other goals.
Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves in net for the Blue Jackets. Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen and Lucas Raymond hit the target for the Red Wings.
The Blue Jackets were down 2-0 in the second period and 3-2 in the third period. However, Chinakhov tied the game with his first NHL goal with 4:18 to go.
On this goal, Jakub Voracek collected his 12th assist, a record for the Blue Jackets. It also allowed him to score a point in a sixth straight game.
Larkin opened the scoring at 2:45 pm of the first frame, after receiving a assist from Raymond. Rasmussen doubled the visitors’ lead early in the second period with his first goal since April 15.
But the Blue Jackets, who had come from behind in their three previous wins, were going to do the Red Wings a blow.
Jenner hit the target at 1:07 of the second period and Boqvist tied the Blue Jackets less than two minutes later.
Raymond put the Red Wings back on track with 6:29 left in the third period.
Tomas Greiss stopped 33 shots.
Associated Press