TAMPA www.coyotesproshop.com , Fla. (AP) — Adam Erne made a strong case for more playing time with the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning.The 23-year-old forward scored twice in the third period, including the go-ahead goal with 1:02 left, and the Lightning extended their point streak to 14 games with a 6-5 victory Saturday night over the Montreal Canadiens.After tying it 5-all at 9:36 of the third, Erne got the winner from the right circle.“Late in the game we wanted to work the puck down low in their zone and make sure we didn’t turn it over,” he said.The left wing had been scratched in eight of the previous 15 games.“I’m just trying to earn my spot,” Erne said. “Each night it’s an opportunity to prove to the coaches and the management staff that I can be in the lineup each night.”Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to 10 games (six goals, 15 assists) with a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. He is the 14th player in NHL history to post multiple point streaks of 10 or more games in consecutive seasons. The only other player to do so since 1994-95 is Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin (2007-08 and 2008-09).The Lightning, who are 13-0-1 during their current run, also got goals from Yanni Gourde, Anton Stralman and Tyler Johnson. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves.Tampa Bay (30-7-2) has 62 points through 39 games, the same amount as the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens, who set the NHL record for most points in a season with 132.This is the fastest Tampa Bay has reached 30 victories.Andrew Shaw had two goals, and Kenny Agostino Arizona Coyotes T-Shirts Womens , Jordie Benn and Brett Kulak also scored for the Canadiens. Phillip Danault had three assists, and Antti Niemi stopped 26 shots.Montreal was coming off a 5-3 win Friday night at Florida.“There’s a lot of good things,” Canadiens coach Claude Julien said. “This is a team that was waiting for us. They’re the best team in the league right now, and I thought with a little bit of luck we could have easily got out of here with one, maybe two points.”Goals by Kulak, his first in 31 games, and Shaw in a 52-second span gave the Canadiens a 5-4 advantage with 6:49 left in the second.Kucherov had a power-play goal and Johnson added one at even strength 38 seconds later as Tampa Bay grabbed a 4-3 lead 8½ minutes into the second.Montreal took a 2-0 lead midway through the first when Shaw, on the power play, and Agostino scored 16 seconds apart.After Tampa Bay got goals from Gourde and Stralman, Benn ended a 27-game goal drought to put the Canadiens up 3-2 with 2:25 left in the first.Benn’s goal came 28 seconds after Gourde scored.Montreal was without goalie Carey Price for the second consecutive game. The 301-game winner has a lower-body injury and didn’t make the trip.NOTES: Chicago senior adviser Scotty Bowman, who coached the Stanley Cup champion Canadiens in 1976-77, was at the game. … Kucherov has three goals and eight assists over his last three games. … Agostino halted a 17-game goal drought. … Tampa Bay D Mikhail Sergachev played after he was hit on the left knee by a shot Thursday. … Stralman got his first goal in 16 games.UP NEXTCanadiens: Play at Dallas on Monday night. Price will also sit out that game.Lightning: Start a three-game trip Monday night at Anaheim. DALLAS (AP) — Filip Forsberg answered for the Nashville Predators when they needed it in the second period.In the final frame, Roman Josi provided the decisive blow — and one more for good measure.Forsberg tied it 21 seconds after consecutive Dallas goals Arizona Coyotes Hoodies Womens , and Josi put Nashville ahead with 12:25 left before adding an empty-netter as the Predators beat the Stars 5-3 on Tuesday night.“That was a big goal right before the second intermission,” Josi said. “They got a couple goals, they’re a good team and they’re going to get some pressure. It was a huge answer getting (Forsberg’s) goal.”Josi skated from behind the net into the slot, and his wrist shot hit defenseman Esa Lindell’s stick and popped over goalie Anton Khudobin for a 4-3 lead.“It was a lucky bounce off my stick and maybe someone else, too,” Lindell said. “That’s what happens when you shoot the puck and put it on the net. You get the lucky ones, too.”Nashville won for the second time in six games to move within a point of Central Division-leading Winnipeg.Dallas is 1-4-1 in its past six games.Lindell scored on the power play at 17:29 of the second, and Tyler Seguin put the Stars ahead 3-2 at 17:55. Forsberg tied it with 1:44 left in the period.“It was huge,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “They get the power-play goal and immediately score after. That’s when something could get away from you.”The game did get away from the Stars.“We can’t give up momentum goals,” coach Jim Montgomery said. “We go up 3-2 and can’t give up that goal right away.”Ryan Ellis had three assists, Brian Boyle had a first-period goal and Rocco Grimaldi scored in the second.Jason Spezza scored the first of three Dallas goals in the second period. It was the 331st of his career but his first in 20 games since Dec. 29. He and Lindell each had a goal and an assist.“I’ve scored lots of goals before,” Spezza said, “You want to make a habit of it and not worry too much about it. But obviously I’ve been in a drought Arizona Coyotes Hats Womens , so it felt good.”It was the first goal in 145:43 of playing time for the Stars, who scored all their goals in the second period.Pekka Rinne made 36 saves in his 21st win of the season for the Predators.Khudobin stopped 42 shots.Boyle scored at 10:50 of the first period, seven seconds after Dallas had killed the game’s first power play. Khudobin stopped a close-range wrist shot, but Boyle skated in front to knock in the rebound.The crowd reacted with boos for Boyle, who eight seconds before had driven Dallas scoring leader Seguin into the boards at the other end.Boyle went into the penalty box for holding at 17:39 of the first, but the Predators killed that penalty despite five shots on Rinne.After Spezza tied the game at 1, Grimaldi gave Nashville a 2-1 lead. He took a pass from Ryan Hartman, skated in alone on Khudobin and faked toward the left before putting the puck on his forehand and sliding it inside the right post.NOTES: C Craig Smith (lower-body injury) was out of Nashville’s lineup for the first time since Dec. 21, 2017. … Stars G Ben Bishop sat out his sixth straight game, and LW Blake Comeau missed his third. They have upper-body injuries. … Boyle’s 15th goal was his second in seven games since the Predators traded a draft pick to New Jersey for him on Feb. 6. … Lindell’s power-play goal was the Stars’ first in 13 man advantages over six games. … The season series ended with Nashville 3-2 and Dallas 2-1-2. … The Stars have been outscored 14-3 in their current three-game losing streak.UP NEXTPredators: Host Los Angeles on Thursday to begin a three-game homestand.Stars: Play St. Louis on Thursday in the second of a four-game homestand.
