MOSCOW, March 31 Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players beat the New York Islanders in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting, which took place in Tampa, ended in victory for the home team with a score of 4:1 (2:1, 0:0, 2:0). For the Lightning, goals were scored by Darren Reddish (15th minute), Anthony Cirelli (15, 58) and Steven Stamkos (41), who scored his 545th career goal and moved ahead of Maurice Richard on the list of the best snipers in the history of the NHL championships. Kyle Palmieri scored for the Islanders (3).
National Hockey League (NHL)March 31, 2024 • start at 02:00Finished
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14:25 • Darren Reddish (Nikita Kucherov, Anthony Cirelli)
15:00 • Anthony Cirelli (Nick Perbix, Brandon Hagel)
40:21 • Steven Stamkos (Emil Lilleberg, Brandon Hagel)
57:14 • Anthony Cirelli (Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman)
02: 25 • Kyle Palmieri (Ryan Pulock, Mike Riley)
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Recognized as the third star of the match, Tampa's Russian striker Nikita Kucherov scored two assists. In total, in 72 matches of the 2023/24 season, Kucherov scored 126 points (42 goals and 84 assists). The Russian lost the lead in the regular season scorers. The top scorer of the season at the end of the game day is Canadian Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon (127 points).
Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky saved 27 out of 28 shots and was recognized as the first star of the meeting. Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov made 37 saves on 40 shots. Islanders defender Alexander Romanov made one shot on target, blocked two shots and made three power moves.
Tampa won its third win in a row. The Lightning are in fourth place in the Atlantic Division standings with 89 points after 73 games. The Islanders suffered their third loss in their last five games. The Islanders are fifth in the Metropolitan Division with 77 points from 73 games.