Check out summaries of Tuesday’s NHL games.
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Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored 3:04 into the third period to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn hit the target 41 seconds apart late in the second period to tie the game at 3-3.
Pat Maroon also scored for the Lightning, while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.
The Tampa Bay team is 8-2-1 in its last 11 games.
Rookie Dawson Mercer has come out on top with a goal and two assists for the Devils, who have been down nine times in their last 11 games.
Jack Hughes and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist.
Jon Gillies blocked 24 shots before being pulled from the game after the sixth goal.
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Alex Ovechkin scores twice as Capitals beat Predators 4-1
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Alex Ovechkin (8) and Vladislav Gavrikov (44)
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals, including his 30th of the season, to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.
Joe Snively and Nick Jensen have also threaded the needle for the Capitals, who have won two of their last three games.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 33 shots for the Washington squad.
Michael McCarron was the lone scorer for the Predators, who suffered a third straight loss. Juuse Saros made 24 saves.
With this victory, the Capitals offered their head coach, Peter Laviolette, his 700th career win.
Only two active coaches have more NHL wins than him: Barry Trotz (894) of the New York Islanders and Lindy Ruff (772) of the New Jersey Devils.
Ovechkin reached 30 goals in a season for the 16th time. He is the only player in history to have 16 30-goal seasons with the same team.
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