Tuesday in the NHL | The Lightning sign an eighth consecutive victory

Nikita Kucherov scored two goals and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their eighth straight home win, 6-3 against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

Nick Paul, Vladislav Namestnikov, Brayden Point and Ross Colton were the other Lightning scorers. Goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves.

Steven Stamkos added two assists but remains two career goals shy of 500. The Lightning captain has been limited to one goal in his last 11 games.

Elvis Merzlikins blocked 40 pucks in net for the Blue Jackets.

Gavin Bayreuther, Tim Berni and Kirill Marchenko scored for the Blue Jackets, which have lost 10 straight road games and are 2-14-1 on home ice.

Berni’s goal, scored 4:35 into the third period, was his first career point, on his 17^e NHL game.

Mark Diddler, Associated Press

The Kraken continues their winning streak

Matt Beniers, Justin Schultz and Jordan Eberle all had a goal and an assist and the Seattle Kraken came from behind to claim their sixth straight win, 4-3 on Tuesday night against the Buffalo Sabres.

Yanni Gourde scored the other goal for the Kraken while Andre Burakovsky collected two assists. At the other end, goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves.

The Kraken were playing the fifth of seven consecutive away games, their longest trip of the season.

In the loss, Alex Tuch had two goals, defenseman Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist and Jeff Skinner added two assists.

In his first start since Nov. 16, after sustaining a lower-body injury, goaltender Eric Comrie blocked 18 shots.

The Sabers suffered a second consecutive home loss in as many nights, after an eight-game winning streak in nine games.

Jonah Bronstein, Associated Press

Penguins beat Canucks 5-4

Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and added two assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins came from behind to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Tuesday night.

The 28^e Malkin’s career four-point performance – good for fourth among active players in the NHL – gave the Penguins the win despite giving the visitors a three-goal lead.

Malkin kicked off the comeback by scoring the Penguins’ first power-play goal in nearly two weeks. He then gave the Penguins the lead when he completed a great two-man play with Jason Zucker. Other Penguins scorers were Zucker, Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell.

Dustin Tokarski replaced Casey DeSmith at 7:05 of the first period in front of the Penguins goal. He made 18 saves en route to his first victory since playing with the Buffalo Sabers in April.

Conor Garland, Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes chased DeSmith out of the game by scoring at 2:19 in the first period.

Travis Dermott cut the Penguins’ lead to 5-4 with 7:08 to play, but the Canucks failed to get the tying goal.

Thus, the Canucks suffered a fifth loss in six outings.

In the backhand, goaltender Spencer Martin blocked 31 shots.

Will Graves, Associated Press

Devils beat Hurricanes

Dawson Mercer scored twice to help the New Jersey Devils overcome two goals allowed while they had the power play and snatch a 5-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

Mercer gave the Devils their first lead of the game at 8:53 of the third period thanks to his 10^e fillet of the season. It was the first time he had scored at least two goals in 123 career NHL games.

His first goal came with 52 seconds left in the second period.

The Devils kicked off a five-game road streak by earning their third win in four games. They approached the Hurricanes and the first place in the Metropolitan Division.

Jonas Siegenthaler, Jesper Boqvist and Nico Hischier had the other Devils goals. Hischier’s net was scored in an empty net with just 55 seconds left in the third period.

Michael McLeod did his part, offensively, with a pair of assists.

Goaltender Vitek Vanecek blocked 25 pucks for a fourth straight win.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Max Pacioretty and Sebastian Aho offered the reply of the Hurricanes, victims of a fourth defeat in a row.

Pyotr Kochetkov finished his night’s work with 17 saves.

Bob Sutton, Associated Press

Red Wings turn off Jets

Moritz Seider tied a team record for a defenseman with four assists on Tuesday night and the Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the Winnipeg Jets .

Jake Walman, Jonatan Berggren and Oskar Sundqvist all hit the mark in the first period — goals that Seider was instrumental in — to give the Red Wings a 3-0 lead.

Dominik Kubalik, Dylan Larkin, Robby Fabbri and Lucas Raymond completed the scoring for the winners.

Neal Pionk, Sam Gagner, Nate Schmidt, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mark Scheifele all rocked the ropes for the Red Wings.

Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck allowed six goals on 22 shots and suffered his first loss since Dec. 27.

Associated Press

Rangers beat Wild 4-3

Artemi Panarin scored the game-clinching goal in the shootout and the New York Rangers defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Tuesday night.

K’Andre Miller and Adam Fox both had a goal and an assist. Filip Chytil also rattled off the ropes for Rangers in regulation time. Goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin completed his night’s work with 28 saves.

Since a 4-0 loss to Washington on Dec. 27, the Rangers are 4-0-2.

Kirill Karpizov, Mats Zuccarello and Jon Merrill scored the goals for the Wild, which is 9-3-2 in its last 14 games.

Goaltender Marc-André Fleury blocked 41 shots, a career high this season.

In the shootout, Kaapo Kakko hit the target for the Rangers in the opening round, as did Zuccarello for the Wild.

On the third attempt, Panarin lifted the puck over Fleury. Shesterkin stopped Frédérick Gaudreau’s attempt to get the win.

Vin A. Cherwoo, Associated Press