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11/18 21:01 CST Guentzel gets 8th career hat trick as Lightning beat Devils 5-1
Guentzel gets 8th career hat trick as Lightning beat Devils 5-1
By ERIK ERLENDSSON
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) --- Jake Guentzel scored three goals for his eighth career hat
trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday
night.
Darren Raddysh had a goal and two assists, and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and
assist. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves as Tampa Bay improved to
9-3-0 since a 1-4-2 start.
Nico Hischier scored for New Jersey, which got Dougie Hamilton, Connor Brown
and Evgeni Dadanov back in the lineup. Jakob Markstrom stopped 24 shots for the
Devils, who lost in regulation for the first time since Nov. 2 to end a
five-game point streak (4-0-1).
The Lightning played without coach Jon Cooper, who missed the game for what the
team described as personal reasons. Cooper, the head coach for Team Canada at
the Olympics in February, last missed a game on Dec. 21, 2021, at Las Vegas
when he tested positive for COVID.
Jeff Halpern served as the head coach on Tuesday.
Guentzel opened the scoring on a breakaway 11:40 into the game, and added his
second of the game at 10:38 of the second period with a power-play goal as he
shoveled in a pass from Raddysh. Guentzel completed his third hat trick in a
Lightning uniform at 7:48 of the third period from the left post as he again
shoveled a puck into the net off a cross-ice pass from Kucherov.
Kucherov moved into third all-time in franchise history with his 366th career
goal with 22 seconds left in the first period to make it 2-0. Hischier cut New
Jersey's deficit to 3-1 with 2:13 remaining in the second for his 435th career
point to move past Mark Streit for fifth-most by a Swiss-born player.
Up next Devils: At Florida on Thursday Lightning: Host Edmonton on Thursday ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL |
