With or without Brayden Point, the Lightning dominates

The Lightning was not demoralized by the announcement of Brayden Point’s long absence on Tuesday in Tampa, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0.

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Without Point – and without Nikita Kucherov – it was the supporting actors who made the difference in the attack. Defenseman Zach Bogosian, as well as former Montreal Canadiens forward Corey Perry, both scored their first goal of the campaign. It was a first goal in 681 days for Bogosian.

Steven Stamkos for his part reached the plateau of 10 goals, totaling three points in this meeting. Another former Habs, Mikhail Sergachev, collected two assists. Quebecer Alex Barré-Boulet was the other scorer.

In front of the cage of the Floridian team, Andrei Vasilevskiy never wavered despite 34 pucks directed towards him. Carter Hart has been tested 35 times.

Quebecer Derick Brassard injured his lower body in the first period and did not return to the game thereafter. He has scored the Flyers’ only two goals in their last two games.

Mcdavid bleached

In Dallas, Connor McDavid was shut out for the first time this season and the Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-1.

The Texan formation scored the first three goals of the match. Roope Hintz and Jason Robertson took turns twinkling the red light for crowd favorites. Denis Gurianov then extended his lead to three goals halfway through the game, and Luke Glendening struck the final blow in the third period.

Ryan McLeod was the only Oilers player to beat 21 saves Jake Oettinger.

In the Alberta clan, defenseman Duncan Keith injured his upper body and had to leave the game without returning afterwards.

Tkachuk tranche

Matthew Tkachuk scored with just over five minutes to go on the final kickoff in Calgary and the Flames defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 for a fourth straight win.

Dillon Dube and Milan Lucic also deceived the vigilance of Marc-André Fleury, who was bombarded with 37 shots. Trevor Lewis and Johnny Gaudreau then hit the target in an empty cage.

Jacob Markstrom was the target of 21 shots. Only those of Brandon Hagel and Reese Johnson found themselves behind him.

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