Lightning strikes Ottawa in 5-2 win
Published Friday October 30th, 2009
Steven Stamkos has two goals and an assist
TAMPA, Fla. - Steven Stamkos had two power-play goals and an assist to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 last night.
Todd Fedoruk, Ryan Malone and Alex Tanguay also scored for the Lightning, who are 4-0-2 at home.
Stamkos put Tampa Bay ahead 1-0 at 7:20 of the first when his redirection of Vincent Lecavalier's shot appeared to go into the net off Ottawa defenceman Filip Kuba. The second-year centre gave the Lightning a 4-0 lead at 7:09 of the third from the low right circle after a nifty stickhandling move.
Ottawa got third-period goals from Jarkko Ruutu and Alex Kovalev.
The Senators were coming off a 4-3 win Wednesday night at Florida.
Tanguay stopped a personal 12-game goal drought, dating to April 4, just over 2 minutes after Stamkos' second goal.
Fedoruk made it 2-0 on an in-close rebound goal at 4:34 of the second. Malone's wraparound goal extended Tampa Bay's advantage to 3-0 with 5:12 left in the second.
After stopping a shot by Milan Michalek earlier in the third during a breakaway, Lightning goalie Mike Smith lost his shutout bid when Ruutu scored with 9:34 remaining. Kovalev cut the Ottawa deficit to 5-2 later in the period.
Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis played in his 700th NHL games and extended his franchise-record season-opening points streak to 10 games (11 assists, 14 points) with an assist.
The NHL record is 51 games, set by Wayne Gretzky during the 1983-84 season.
St. Louis missed the net to the right on short-handed penalty shot midway through the second.
In other NHL action:
Devils 2 Bruins 1
At Boston, Dainius Zubrus scored with 1:26 left, and Yann Danis made 31 saves in his first appearance of the season to lead the New Jersey Devils to their sixth consecutive road victory, 2-1 over the Boston Bruins.
Zubrus scored off a rebound of Jamie Langenbrunner's shot.
Zach Parise also assisted on Zubrus' goal and has 10 points in the last six games for New Jersey, 6-0 on the road and 1-4 at home.
Tim Thomas made 29 saves for Boston, 3-4 on home ice.
David Clarkson opened the scoring for the Devils at 13:25 of the first period.
Patrice Bergeron tied it at 2:32 of the second, driving home the rebound of a backhand shot by Marco Sturm. Bergeron leads the Bruins with eight points.
The Bruins failed to record a point for only the second time in the last six games.
Boston had a pair of opportunities in the final 1:26, including a shot that beat Danis but clanked off the crossbar.
The Devils bounced back after losing to Buffalo 4-1 on Wednesday night.
They will finish their trip at Tampa Bay before returning home to face Washington.
Capitals 4 Thrashers 3
At Atlanta, Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 12th and 13th goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped a penalty shot and the first-place Capitals held on at the end to hand Atlanta its fourth straight loss.
Predators 2 Blackhawks 0
At Nashville, Tenn., Pekka Rinne made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season and fifth overall, and Joel Ward had a power-play goal in the Predators' win over Chicago.
Coyotes 2 Blues 0
At St. Louis, Ilya Bryzgalov made 32 saves for his NHL-leading third shutout of the season, and Daniel Winnik and Taylor Pyatt scored for Phoenix.
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