Tampa – The Tampa Bay Lightning set a franchise record with a 12th consecutive home win over the Los Angeles Kings at Amalie Arena on Saturday, 5-2.
Nick Burbix Three assists, and Andrey Vasilevsky He made 26 tackles for the Lightning (32-15-1), who won three in a row, all at home, and played their final game before the NHL All-Star break.
Tampa Bay beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Tuesday and the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Thursday.
“It’s been a tough three teams to play in this league — teams that are big, strong, fast, and our guys handled them really well,” said Lightning coach John Cooper. “If there’s a bit of anxiety after a big win over the Bruins, and the impending break, how do we handle this game and look beyond. They didn’t and got the points we needed.”
Jarrett Anderson Dolan And Philip Danault Scored for the Kings (28-18-6), who have won the previous three, including a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday. Jonathan Quick Made 20 saves.
“We made three or four mistakes [in the first period] Los Angeles coach Todd McClellan said, “And they ended up in our net. That happens so often in a game, just these guys got the benefit of it.”
Bryden Point He gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead at 5:02 of the first period when he scored on the lead after Nikita Kucherov I fed him from behind the net.
Pierre Edouard Bellemare He made it 2-0 at 6:21 from the high hole after Perbix caught a pass near the right boards.
“It’s a challenge sometimes [the fourth line] Trying to create some offense,” Bellemare said, “but it’s not just about goals. To be able to play the end game and have the coaches trust us to do the right thing is something you want to be able to achieve. Sometimes you are rewarded for doing the right things.”
Video: LAK @ TBL: Bellemare doubles the lead in the first half
Bellemare said his mother passed away this week and that she “would have been proud” of his goal.
“When I recorded ‘Billy,’ I saw how excited everyone was,” Cooper said. “That’s what makes the room so great. All the guys get on with each other. There’s life outside of this game that we’re playing, and we have a tight-knit group for each other.”
Anderson Dolan cut the score to 2-1 at 10:12 when his shot from the left face-off circle went across Vasilevsky’s pads.
“That was the moment we thought, ‘Hey, we’re back on this,’” McClellan said. [Vasilevskiy] I usually don’t give up on those. But if you don’t launch it, you won’t have a chance to score anyway. My neighbor was shooting the disc.”
Corey Perry Pushing the Lightning’s lead to 3-1 at 15:57. Berbix’s shot from the point was deflected off the L.A. defender’s stick Matt RoyPerry scored from low in the left circle.
Ross Colton He extended it to 4-1 at 15:20 of the second period when he scored on Kwik’s outstretched right plate from close range.
“The leaders have been very vocal about us coming to work and handling our business,” Coulton said. “We bragged a lot in the Boston game and it was massive to get those two points. Then I think we picked up the momentum tonight.”
Video: LAK @ TBL: Hedman fired the puck to extend the lead
Danault cut the lead to 4-2 at 19:08 when he threw the ball into the net and hit the stick of a Tampa Bay defender. Ian Cole.
“We missed a lot of chances,” the Kings forward said Alex Yuffalo He said. “We felt we had to waste opportunities in the middle and we didn’t. When you don’t communicate, it leads to individualism.” [errors]. Generally speaking, we didn’t do it defensively.”
Victor Hedman He scored on a point kicked through traffic at 16:03 of the third period for the final 5-2.
Lightning Center Stephen Stamkos He had an assist on Hedman’s goal to extend his point streak to 11 games. He has 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) over the streak.
Notes: Tampa Bay won 11 in a row at home from December 23, 2019 to February 15, 2020. … Lightning’s next play is on February 6th at the Panthers. The Kings are 0-3-4 in their past seven games at Amalie Arena. … Tampa Bay forward Nicholas Paul He went 13-for-17 in face-offs. … Perbix has three multi-point games in his past six games. … Buffalo got an assist to end a six-game drought. …the Kings won the first three of a five-game road trip that concludes at the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.