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01/18 16:16 CST Hagel scores 6th winning goal, Vasilevskiy stops 19 shots to
lead Lightning past Stars 4-1
Hagel scores 6th winning goal, Vasilevskiy stops 19 shots to lead Lightning
past Stars 4-1
DALLAS (AP) --- Brandon Hagel's tiebreaking goal midway through the second
period proved to be the winner, and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 19 saves
on 20 shots as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Sunday.
Rookie Dominic James and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and an assist, and
Pontus Holmberg added a late empty-net score for the Lightning, who bounced
back from a shootout loss at St. Louis on Friday that ended a franchise
record-tying 11-game winning streak. Tampa Bay has a 13-game points streak and
they are tied with Carolina atop of the Eastern Conference with 64 points,
second overall to Colorado (74).
Hagel took a pass at the goal line to the left side of Dallas goaltender Jake
Oettinger, playing off the line, and muscled the puck through the stick of
Stars defenseman Esa Lindell for a 2-1 lead. It was Hagel's sixth winning goal
this season, tied for second in the NHL behind Nashville's Steven Stamkos, who
has seven.
Tampa Bay is a league-best 18-4-4 on the road and 20-1-0 when leading after two
periods.
Vasilevskiy (20-7-3) has 10 straight 20-win seasons and is 17-4-3 in his career
against Dallas.
Oskar Back scored for the struggling Stars, who came off a 2-3-1 road trip and
have lost three straight in regulation, scoring one goal in each game.
Oettinger, tied for eighth in the NHL with 17 wins, stopped 22 shots and is
1-4-2 in his last seven starts.
Dallas, tied with Minnesota for second overall in the West with 63 points, lost
for the fifth time in regulation in 25 games when scoring first.
Back opened the scoring four minutes in and four minutes later James evened the
score. Two of James' four goals this season have been scored in the last seven
games.
Up next Lightning: Host San Jose on Tuesday. Stars: Host Boston on Tuesday. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
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