Mike Green set an NHL record for defensemen by a scoring a goal in his eighth consecutive game as the Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 in the NHL on Saturday.
Green made it 4-0 from the low slot during a power play at 5:33 of the second and was mobbed by his teammates who left the bench.
Boston’s Mike O’Connell had a seven-game goal-scoring run in the 1983 to 1984 season.
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Alexander Semin, Alex Ovechkin, Shaone Morrisonn and Eric Fehr also scored for Southeast Division leaders Washington, which has won five of seven.
Michal Neuvirth made a glove save on a first-period breakaway by Vincent Lecavalier and finished with 31 saves to win in his first NHL start.
Tampa Bay got a goal from Ryan Malone.
Green has 10 goals and 17 points over the last eight games, and is one game away from tying the overall Washington consecutive game goal streak set by Alan Haworth (1985-86) and matched by Mike Gartner (1986-87).
SENATORS 5, WILD 3
At St Paul, Minnesota, Daniel Alfredsson scored a short-handed goal early in the third period as Ottawa overcame a three-goal deficit to beat Minnesota for its fourth straight win.
Brian Lee, Antoine Vermette, Chris Phillips and Dany Heatley also scored for the Senators, 4-1-1 since Cory Clouston took over as coach for the fired Craig Hartsburg.
Alex Auld got the victory, stopping 17 shots in relief of Brian Elliott.
OILERS 3, KINGS 2
At Los Angeles, Dwayne Roloson made 39 saves in regulation time and stopped both shots he faced in the shootout to lead Edmonton over Los Angeles.
Sam Gagner and Robert Nilsson scored for Edmonton in the shootout.
In other games it was:
• Predators 3, Bruins 2, SO
• Flyers 5, Islanders 1
• Blackhawks 6, Stars 2
• Maple Leafs 6, Penguins 2
• Blue Jackets 5, Hurricanes 1
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