TAMPA, Fla. B次元官网网址� Carter Verhaeghe had his first career hat trick and Tampa Bay scored three times in less than a minute to finish a six-goal second period that propelled the Lightning to their season-best eighth straight win, a 9-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
Verhaeghe, Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov and Erik Cernak all scored in the second B次元官网网址� helping the Lightning match a team record for goals in a period, chase goaltender Jacob Markstrom and end the CanucksB次元官网网址� seven-game winning streak.
Brayden Point had three assists during the stretch in which Tampa Bay built a 6-2 lead on Markstrom, who was pulled with just over two minutes left in the third after yielding six goals on 21 shots. Verhaeghe, Kucherov and Cernak scored within a span of 56 seconds to finish the Vancouver goalieB次元官网网址榮 night.
Coach Green gives his take on tonight's game in Tampa Bay, where the seven-game win streak comes to an end.
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Point added his 18th goal of the season, assisted by Stamkos and Cernak, when he beat MarkstromB次元官网网址檚 replacement, Thatcher Demko, early in the third. Verhaeghe scored twice in the third period, getting his third of the game on a 5-on-3 power play with 1:51 remaining.
Tampa BayB次元官网网址檚 eight-game winning streak is its longest since the team won a franchise-record 10 straight last February. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 of 23 shots, with VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Elias Pettersson giving the Canucks a 1-0 first-period lead and Loui Eriksson briefly making it 2-2 in the second.
Tuesday nightB次元官网网址檚 matchup was just the second in NHL history featuring teams riding win streaks of seven or more games. In the other, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild took streaks of 14 and 12 games, respectively, into a matchup Columbus won 4-2 on Dec. 31, 2016.
Vasilevskiy (20-9-2) has won a season-best six straight starts and leads the league with 11 victories since Dec. 1. He improved to 7-0-1 since last losing in regulation to Washington on Dec. 14.
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NOTES: Stamkos finished with two assists, along with his 17th goal on a second-period power play. The Lightning captain is tied with Doug Gilmour for 45th on the career power-play goal list with 153, one behind Hall of Famer Bobby Hull and Guy Lafleur. B次元官网网址� Brock Boeser assisted on VancouverB次元官网网址檚 first goal. He has 16 points (three goals, 13 assists) in his last 16 games. B次元官网网址� Lightning D Ryan McDonagh missed his second straight game with an upper body injury. He likely will remain sidelined at least through ThursdayB次元官网网址檚 home game against Arizona.
Fred Goodall, The Associated Press
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