TAMPA, Fla. — Sean Monahan scored his 100th NHL goal, Brian Elliott made 23 saves, and the Calgary Flames beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Thursday night.
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists, and Mikael Backlund also scored to help the Flames improve to 7-2-1 over their last 10 games.
Tampa Bay, which entered with a seven-game points streak (5-0-2), got goals from Vladislav Namestnikov and Nikita Kucherov. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots.
After Blacklund scored 5:04 into the second, Monahan put the Flames up 2-1 just 1:21 later on his 20th goal this season.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Monahan, at 22 years and 134 days, is the sixth-youngest active NHL player to reach 100 goals. The five to do it quicker are Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby, Jaromir Jagr, Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Kane.
Elliott, 7-2-1 against Tampa Bay, made an extended pad save on Brayden Point midway through the second.
Hamilton and Kucherov both had power-play goals late in third.
Namestnikov had the lone first-period goal. He has a goal in three straight games.
Braydon Coburn got his first assist in 41 games on Namestnikov’s goal
ISLANDERS 3, CANADIENS 0: Rookie Anthony Beauvillier scored in the first period, Thomas Greiss made 24 saves, and the New York Islanders won at Montreal.
Anders Lee scored in the second period and John Tavares added an empty-netter in the final minute to seal the Islanders’ third straight win. New York has won the first two games on a crucial nine-game road swing and improved to 12-4-2 since interim coach Doug Weight replaced the fired Jack Capuano.
Josh Bailey and Brock Nelson each had two assists, and Greiss got his third shutout of the season.
Carey Price finished with 21 saves as the Canadiens lost Coach Claude Julien’s 1,000th NHL game. Montreal is 1-2-0 since Julien replaced Michel Therrien last week and has totaled just 14 goals while going 2-7-1 in the last 10 games, including four shutouts.
RANGERS 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1:Mika Zibanejad scored the shootout winner and the Rangers continued a strong February with a victory at Toronto.
Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves and J.T. Miller scored the game-tying goal in the third period for the Rangers, who improved to 8-1-1 this month.
New York moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division with 80 points.
Connor Brown scored for Toronto, which fell to 1-7 in shootouts this season. Frederik Andersen had a stellar performance in defeat with 37 saves.
The Leafs hold the third playoff spot in the Atlantic Division (68 points), two points back of Ottawa (70) and four back of Montreal.
NOTES
PENGUINS-HURRICANES TRADE: Pittsburgh acquired veteran defenseman Ron Hainsey from Carolina in exchange for minor-league forward Danny Kristo and a draft pick.
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