TAMPA
http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-justin-schultz-jersey , Fla. — Just two games in to the season, Stanley Cup favorite Tampa Bay is
already under scrutiny as the Lightning head into Saturday’s game against the
Columbus Blue Jackets.The Lightning, who have endured an odd schedule to start
the season, picked up two points in the opening two games but were underwhelming
in both performances — a shootout victory over Florida and a late loss to the
Vancouver Canucks.Tampa Bay was the highest scoring team in the league last
season, but has scored just two goals in two games to start this season while
going 0 of 8 on the power play.Article continues below ...“We need to finish.
We’re not finishing,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “We are shooting some
pucks at the net, but we’re not going there with a desire to score. That’s what
you have to do in this league, especially with the goaltending and the way it
is.“These are NHL goalies. You have to go in there and get dirty ones. They are
not all pretty. We’re probably resorting a little bit to trying to get the
pretty goal.”But captain Steven Stamkos said it’s too early to start worrying
about Tampa Bay’s ability to score goals.“We led the league in goals last year,
so it’s just a matter of time,” he said. “That’s the least of our worries is
scoring. That is going to come. It’s not cheating because it’s not coming; it’s
playing the right way and continuing to improve. “The power play has to find a
way to start producing … we have to work hard as a power play if we want to be
difference-makers out there.”Columbus is getting contributions from its
difference-makers, most notably Artemi Panarin
Kris Letang Jersey , who had a goal and three points in a comeback victory at Florida on Thursday.Defenseman Zach Werenski had a goal and two
points, and Cam Atkinson notched the game-winner late in the third period as the
Blue Jackets have won consecutive games despite missing All-Star defenseman Seth
Jones and center Brandon Dubinsky to injury.“We gathered ourselves and had an
opportunity to win the hockey game,” Atkinson told NHL.com. “We got it done.
We’re taking the right steps in the right direction. It might not be our
prettiest, but we find a way to get it done.”‘But there are areas that coach
John Tortorella would like to see cleaned up going forward so his players don’t
have to rely on strong third period showings to collect points.“I talked to (the
media) after the last game. We win in the third period and we win in the third
period again, which is encouraging,” Tortorella told the Columbus Dispatch.
“There (are) some great teaching opportunities for us here, as we found a way to
win (Thursday’s) game. That’s the way I look at it.” TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Brayden
Point scored the deciding goal in a shootout for the second consecutive game,
lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on
Monday night.Tyler Johnson, Chris Kunitz and Adam Erne scored in regulation for
the NHL-leading Lightning, who played most of the game without Nikita Kucherov
after the league’s top scorer was injured. Still
Mario Lemieux Jersey , the Atlantic Division leaders edged second-place Toronto hours after acquiring defenseman Ryan McDonagh and forward J.T. Miller
in a blockbuster deal with the New York Rangers just before the NHL trade
deadline.Tampa Bay parted with forward Vladimir Namestnikov, two prospects and
two draft picks – a first-round selection in 2018 and a conditional
first-rounder in 2019.James van Riemsdyk, Mitch Marner and Tyler Bozak had the
goals for Toronto, which played without injured star Auston Matthews. Frederik
Andersen stopped 39 shots.Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 27 saves for Tampa
Bay. He denied Marner on a penalty shot with 6:02 left in the third period to
keep the score tied.Kucherov left with 5:41 remaining in the first and did not
return. The team announced he sustained an upper-body injury. The two-time
All-Star has 82 points in 63 games.KINGS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2LOS ANGELES (AP) –
Anze Kopitar tied the game with 10.8 seconds left in the third period and Dustin
Brown scored a power-play goal 3:14 into overtime, rallying Los Angeles past
Vegas.Jeff Carter, in his second game back after missing 55 with a cut tendon,
scored the Kings‘ first goal on a power play at 12:28 of the third. Jonathan
Quick stopped 37 shots.Erik Haula and Reilly Smith scored for Vegas. Marc-Andre
Fleury made 41 saves.It was the first victory for the Kings in three games
against the expansion Golden Knights. The teams meet again Tuesday in Las
Vegas.BLUE JACKETS 5, CAPITALS 1COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Seth Jones and Cam
Atkinson each had a goal and two assists as Columbus topped Washington.Columbus
scored four goals in the first period – two on power plays – in winning its
second game in three days and first in four tries against the Capitals this
season. Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, and Sonny Milano and Mark
Letestu – acquired in a trade Sunday – also scored.Sergei Bobrovsky made 25
saves for the Blue Jackets
Matt Murray Jersey , who held onto the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with a knot of teams still in contention.Alex Ovechkin got
his league-leading 39th goal for Washington. Braden Holtby made 12 saves in the
first period and Philipp Grubauer had 18 in the last two.FLYERS 1, CANADIENS 0,
SOMONTREAL (AP) – Sean Couturier scored in the sixth round of the shootout and
Philadelphia edged Montreal for its season-best sixth straight victory.Petr
Mrazek, making his third straight start for the streaking Flyers, stopped 28
shots in his fourth shutout this season. Mrazek is 3-0-0 since being acquired
from Detroit last Monday.Philadelphia passed Washington for first place in the
Metropolitan Division. The Flyers have earned at least one point in 12 straight
games (10-0-2).Backup goalie Charlie Lindgren made 33 saves for the Canadiens,
who have lost eight of nine.Both teams scored one goal after five shootout
rounds before Couturier beat Lindgren in the sixth.The Canadiens have been shut
out nine times this season, tying a franchise record.AVALANCHE 3, CANUCKS
1DENVER (AP) – Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist, and Mikko Rantanen
added a goal and an assist in Colorado’s victory over Vancouver.Semyon Varlamov
made 31 saves and came within 1:16 of his third shutout this season. The
Avalanche won for the 11th time in 12 home games and moved within two points of
idle Calgary for the second wild card in the Western Conference.Daniel Sedin
scored and Jacob Markstrom stopped 25 shots for the Canucks.—
