Marco Kasper redirected J. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves for the Lightning, who were shut out for the first time this season and have lost three of four since beating the Red Wings on Jan. He also had an empty-netter in the final seconds for his 24th goal of the season. Geekie tied it when he beat Scott Wedgewood on a one-timer 25 seconds into the third. He added his 15th goal at off another nice pass by Pastrnak.
The Avs had jumped in front when Lehkonen beat Jeremy Swayman with a wrist shot from the right circle early in the second period. Boston won the other meeting between the teams, in Colorado in October. After a scoreless first, Oliver Bjorkstrand put the Kraken ahead with a goal into the second period.
Sidney Crosby scored his 14th goal of the season just over two minutes later. Edmonton improved to in its last 28 games. It also moved into first place in the Pacific Division, one point up on the idle Vegas Golden Knights. Alex Tuch and Jiri Kulich scored for the Sabres , who lost for the fourth time in five games.
James Reimer recorded 31 saves. Louis Esa Lindell scored a power-play goal, Miro Heiskanen had an assist for the fourth straight game and Dallas won for the seventh time in its last nine road games. Louis goalie lost his stick. Mathieu Joseph had a point-blank opportunity to score with just over eight minutes left, but he banged the puck off the left goalpost and the Blues remained scoreless. Two minutes later, Philip Broberg clanged a wrist shot off the right goalpost.
Zack Werenski and Dante Fabbro also scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 shots as Columbus won its fifth straight home game. AP — Shane Pinto scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Ottawa beat Toronto Tim Stutzle also scored for the Senators, who had lost two straight — both shutouts. Anton Forsberg finished with 28 saves.
