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Steven Stamkos scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:16 remaining to lead the Lightning to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. ''For the first period and a half I didn't think we had it, that's another slow start,'' Stamkos said. Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat and Ryan Callahan also scored for to help the Lightning win for the 18th time in 20 games and improve to 35-8-2. Continue to Article

January 12, 2019 11:31:pm EST

Tampa Bay's latest win -- the Lightning's ninth in 10 games -- came on a third-period comeback against Carolina on Thursday night. The Lightning got past the Hurricanes 3-1 to win for the ninth straight time at home. The home winning streak is tied for the second longest in franchise-history, trailing only a 10-game run in the 2014-15 season. Continue to Article

January 12, 2019 3:00:am EST

Back in May, I surmised that the Carolina Hurricanes would likely be haunted by a Jeff Skinner trade, and that was before I shared Hockey Twitter's general reaction of “that's it?” when he was sent to the Buffalo Sabres. As bad as that trade looked in August, it only seems to get worse as the 2018-19 NHL season goes along, and so the Hurricanes brass has to take it on the chin Friday, as people inevitably revisit the trade being that Skinner's making his first visit to Carolina as a member of an opposing team. Puck luck stood as one of the main reasons why I was concerned about Carolina trading Skinner. Continue to Article

January 11, 2019 1:34:pm EST

Jonathan Toews misses out on All-Star Game originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com Despite his resurgent season, Jonathan Toews will not take part in the NHL All-Star Game after Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog beat him out in the Last Men In vote. Landeskog was the winner of the vote in the NHL's Central Division, with Jeff Skinner (Buffalo Sabres), Kris Letang (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) the other three players to get in. With 18 goals and 22 assists on the season, Toews has played some of the best hockey of his career this year, but the Blackhawks captain will be watching this year's All-Star festivities from home. Continue to Article

January 11, 2019 12:48:pm EST