Saturday Round-Up: Lightning Strike Kraken, Flames Burn Panthers

SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Hagel scored twice, Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Saturday night.

Brayden Point had a goal and an assist and Declan Carlie got his first NHL goal for the Lightning, who finished 3-1-0 on a four-game trip. Jonas Johansson finished with 21 saves.

Brandon Montour scored for Seattle, and Philipp Grubauer had 26 saves.

Montour opened the scoring with a slap shot on the power play 4:24 into the first period.

Hagel tied it at 8:16 with a tip past Grubauer, and Point put the Lightning ahead for good with 6:39 remining in the first.

Guentzel extended his goal streak to six straight games, scoring on a power play 4:03 into the third. Point had an asisst for his 15th point in his last five games.

Hagel had an empty-netter with 3:52 go go, and Carlile capped the scoring in the final minute.

Takeaways

Lightning: Tampa Bay has scored eight power-play goals in their last six games.

Kraken: Seattle was hurt by defensive lapses. Jamie Oleksiak turned the puck over, leading to Hagel’s goal, and Matty Beniers failed to clear a rebound before Point scored.

Key moment

Johansson came up big with three saves in quick succession on Eeli Tolvanen 8:41 into the second period, all within 10 feet of the goal line.

Key stat

Tampa Bay did not allow a goal at even strength..

Up Next

Kraken host Ottawa on Tuesday to finish a four-game homestand, and Lightning host Columbus.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dustin Wolf made 32 saves, Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist and the Calgary Flames handed the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers their second straight shutout, 3-0 on Saturday night.

Coming off a 4-0 loss at Vancouver on Thursday night, Florida has dropped consecutive games following a seven-game points streak. It is 18-11-2.

Nazem Kadri and Blake Coleman also scored for Calgary. The Flames improved to 15-11-5 overall and are 7-1-1 in their last nine home games.

Spencer Knight made 24 stops for Florida.

Takeaways

Panthers: Florida has gone 146:01 without scoring,

Flames: Calgary rebounded defensively after allowing 21 goals in its previous four games, eight against Tampa Bay on Thursday night.

Key stat

Wolf is 8-1-0 at home with a .949 save percentage and two shutouts. On the road, he’s 1-4-1 with a .862 save percentage.

Up next

The Panthers are at Edmonton on Monday night. Calgary hosts Boston on Tuesday night.

(Canadian Press)