Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves for his second career shutout, while Steven Stamkos scored his 21st goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Tampa Bay entered the All-Star break by winning eight of their past nine games.
Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 shots for the Maple Leafs, who have lost nine of 10 (1-7-2). Toronto have been outscored 31-11 during that stretch.
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Stamkos put the Lightning up 1-0 at 4 minutes, 38 seconds of the first with a shot from the left circle during a power play.
FLYERS 4, CAPITALS 3, OT
In Washington, Jakub Voracek scored 38 seconds into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the NHL-leading Washington Capitals in the teams’ final game before the All-Star break.
Voracek’s second goal of the night snapped the Flyers’ three-game losing streak and the Capitals’ two-game winning streak. Brayden Schenn and Ryan White also scored for Philadelphia.
Despite 28 saves from Braden Holtby, the Caps lost at home for the first time since Nov. 19 against the Dallas Stars.
Andre Burakovsky scored two goals, while Nicklas Backstrom scored his 16th goal of the season.
Philadelphia’s Michal Neuvirth stopped 27 of the 30 shots he faced to beat his former team for the first time.
PREDATORS 2, FLAMES 1
In Calgary, Canada, Shea Weber’s power-play goal in the second period stood up as the winner, helping the Nashville Predators complete a perfect road trip with a victory over the Calgary Flames.
The Predators finished a four-game trip 4-0-0, having also beaten Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. Mike Ribeiro also scored for Nashville, and Mattias Ekholm had an assist to extend his points streak to a career-high five games.
Mark Giordano scored the lone goal for Calgary, who have lost three in a row.
In the second period, Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman sent linesman Don Henderson to the ice when he checked him from behind. Wideman was skating toward the Flames’ bench when he cross-checked Henderson.
Wideman said after the game that he did not intentionally hit Henderson.
AVALANCHE 4, KINGS 3
In Los Angeles, Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:25 to play as the Colorado Avalanche rallied for their fifth win in six games.
Gabriel Landeskog scored two goals for the Avalanche, tying it on a four-on-three power play with 12:22 to play. Matt Duchene also scored in Colorado’s second straight victory over Los Angeles after six straight losses in the rivalry.
Drew Doughty and Trevor Lewis scored in the first period for the Kings, who blew an early two-goal lead and a late 3-2 lead. Jonathan Quick made 15 saves.
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