The Blue Jackets tied it at 2:59 when Bjorkstrand beat Vasilevskiy with a power-play one-timer from the top of the left circle for his 26th of the season. Kucherov extended his goal streak to seven games when his wrist shot from the high slot sailed through traffic and past Merzlikins at 1:37. They’ve won two Cups for a reason.”Įach team scored before the game was three minutes old. 'One little mistake and it ends up in your net. “You make mistakes with a team like that, they’re lethal,' he said. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored a first-period power-play goal and Merzlikins finished with 28 saves for the Blue Jackets, who are 1-4-1 in their last six games.īut Columbus coach Brad Larsen wasn’t unhappy with his team’s effort, even with the loss. “That line has been extremely hot,” coach Jon Cooper said, “and it’s no surprise that we’re winning.” The Stamkos-Kucherov combination has fueled Tampa Bay, which has outscored its opponents 26-8 during the winning streak. We want to be feeling good about ourselves going into the postseason and we’re certainly trending in that direction.' “Everything is coming together at the right time,” Stamkos said of the Lightning, who reached the 50-win mark for the fourth time since entering the NHL in 1992. Kucherov had a goal and three assists, giving him nine points in his past two games, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for Tampa Bay, which will look to extend its Stanley Cup championship streak to three straight when the playoffs begin next week. “If you would have asked me about this a couple of weeks ago, I would’ve settled for something less than 100.” “It’s been a pretty good run here in the last couple of weeks,” Stamkos said. He has at least three points in each of his past five games and is the eighth NHL player to reach 100 points this season. Stamkos also assisted on Ondrej Palat’s third-period goal for his 101st point his previous career high was 98 points in 2018-19.

100 when he took a pass from Nikita Kucherov and beat Elvis Merzlikins from the right circle at 7:29 of the second to put Tampa Bay ahead 3-1. Stamkos had an assist and a power-play goal in the first period, then got point No. Steven Stamkos reached the 100-point mark for the first time in his NHL career by scoring two goals and assisting on two more, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive victory. NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning, Columbus Blue Jackets Stamkos has 1st 100-point season, Bolts top Blue Jackets 4-1

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