LIGHTNING 4,
COYOTES 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Steven
Stamkos scored his 36th goal of the season and the Tampa Bay
Lightning clinched the Presidents' Trophy with a 4-1 victory
over the Arizona
Coyotes on Monday night.
The Lightning, who have 116 points, will have home-ice
advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Stamkos became the franchise leader in goals with his 384th.
Victor Hedman added
his 10th goal of the season and Andrei
Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots. Anthony
Cirelli scored his fifth short-handed goal of the season
while Yanni Gourde notched
his 20th goal of the season.
Clayton
Keller scored for Arizona, which remains one point ahead of
Minnesota for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Darcy Kuemper finished
with 20 saves.
Stamkos' record-breaking goal was scored at 6:54 of the
first period as Stamkos, battling in front of the Arizona net, got his stick
on Ryan McDonagh's
shot and deflected the puck past Kuemper.
The goal came in the 737th game for Stamkos and broke the
tie with former captain Vinny Lecavalier, who set the record in 1,037 games
with Tampa Bay from 1998-2013.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 7, SHARKS 3
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Reilly Smith and Jonathan
Marchessault each had four points and Vegas won for the ninth
time in 10 games by beating San Jose.
Smith assisted on three goals in the first period and added
a score of his own in the third. Marchessault had a goal and two assists in the
first and an empty-netter in the third. William
Karlsson, Mark Stone, Paul Stastny and Cody Eakin also
scored for the Golden Knights. Malcolm
Subban made 36 saves in place of injured Marc-Andre
Fleury.
In a possible playoff preview, Vegas moved within seven
points of the Sharks with nine games to play in the race for home-ice advantage
in the first round of the playoffs. San Jose remains one point behind Pacific
Division-leading Calgary, with the Flames holding a game in hand.
The Sharks dropped their third straight home game in
regulation for the first time in three years as they failed once again with an
opportunity to clinch a playoff berth.
Logan Couture scored
twice and Joe Thornton had
a goal for San Jose. Martin Jones allowed
three goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Aaron Dell in
the first period.
JETS 3, KINGS 2
LOS ANGELES -- Kyle Connor had
a goal and an assist to lead Winnipeg over Los Angeles.
Kevin Hayes and Tyler Myers also
scored for the Jets, who have a three-point lead on Nashville atop the Central
Division. Laurent
Brossoit made 15 saves.
Sean Walker and Dustin Brown had
the goals for the Kings. Jack Campbell stopped
25 shots.
Los Angeles, which has dropped six of seven and 15 of 18,
was eliminated from playoff contention. At 58 points, the Kings are last in the
Western Conference.
CANUCKS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, OT
CHICAGO -- Bo Horvat scored
16 seconds into overtime, and Vancouver stopped Chicago's five-game win streak
with a victory over the Blackhawks.
Alexander
Edler and Markus
Granlund also scored for Vancouver, which was coming off a 3-2
shootout victory in Dallas on Sunday. Thatcher
Demko made 29 saves in his third career win.
The Canucks (31-32-10) pulled within six points of Arizona
for the second wild card in the jumbled bottom of the Western Conference. They
begin a seven-game homestand on Wednesday night against Ottawa.
Jonathan
Toews and Erik
Gustafsson scored for Chicago (32-30-10), and Corey
Crawford made 31 stops.
The Blackhawks trailed 2-1 before Gustafsson's long slap
shot got by Demko with 3:13 left in regulation. It looked as if Gustafsson's
shot might have gone off Edler in front.
But Horvat stepped up for Vancouver, beating Crawford for
his 25th of the season.
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