TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Defenseman Victor Hedman got to 700th occupation factors with the initial of his 3 aids, Brandon Hagel and Brayden Factor each racked up two times and the Tampa florida Bay Lightning won their 7th straight home video game, defeating the New Jacket Devils 6-3 on Saturday evening.
Both interplay their last video game prior to the All-Star break. Tampa florida Bay has actually won 8 of 9 in general, while New Jacket has 2 victories in its last 7.
Nick Paul and Steven Stamkos each had an objective and a help, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 conserves for his 7th triumph in his last 8 begins.
” We’re simply battling every video game,” Lightning trainer Jon Cooper claimed. “It constantly looks like we’re playing someone that’s ideal around us in the standings. To obtain these factors … those allow for us.”
Ondrej Palat and Jesper Bratt racked up while Tyler Toffoli had his 500th occupation factor with an objective for New Jacket. Vitek Vanecek do with 36 conserves.
Hedman got to the landmark factor on Tampa florida Bay’s opening objective. Hedman entered a chance at the left factor that was tipped by Paul at 1:09 of the 2nd duration. Hedman is 29th defenseman to ever before get to the mark and the 4th energetic defenseman to get to 700 factors, signing up with Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang.
” It’s unique to do it in one area, exact same group and exact same company,” Hedman claimed.
Hagel placed the Lightning up 2-0 on a rebound from Hedman’s factor shot with 9:20 left in the 2nd. With 2 aids in the 2nd duration, Hedman additionally had his 64th occupation multi-point duration, 3rd most amongst energetic defensemen.
The Lightning outshot New Jacket 19-4 in the 2nd duration.
” It had not been adequate, they won a lot more fights,” New Jacket trainer Lindy Ruff claimed. “The fights on the wall surface, unsatisfactory. Fights around the web front, unsatisfactory. Simply unsatisfactory.”
The Devils reduced the shortage to 2-1 at 2:49 on a rebound objective from Palat, that played 10 periods with Tampa florida Bay, winning 2 Stanley Mugs.
Stamkos responded to that a min later on to restore the two-goal lead prior to Bratt racked up off the thrill at 7:19. Factor made it a two-goal side once again with 6:08 left. Toffoli made it 4-3 with 2:38 left prior to Tampa florida Bay racked up 2 vacant web objectives.
” I wish everyone goes and relaxes up a little bit, considers what group they wish to belong to boiling down the stretch,” New Jacket captain Nico Hischier claimed. “If we wish to be a playoff group, we reached figure something out. I assume everyone (has) to begin searching in the mirror, including me. So simply exactly how are you going to obtain from it? Begin with on your own and after that appear of this en masse.”
UP NEXT
Devils: Host Colorado on Tuesday, Feb. 6
Lightning: At New York City Rangers on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
