Lightning ends Rangers' win streak
TAMPA, Fla. – Valtteri Filppula scored a short-handed goal to break a tie late in the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended the New York Rangers' nine-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory Thursday night.
In their first meeting since Tampa Bay beat the Rangers in Game 7 of last season's Eastern Conference final, Filppula scored with 1:05 to play off a 2-on-1 pass from J.T. Brown.
Tampa Bay also got a goal from Alex Killorn. Ben Bishop made 20 saves and improved to 9-0 against the Rangers in the regular season.
Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers, who fell one game short of matching the franchise record of 10 consecutive wins accomplished in 1939-40 and 1972-73.
HIGHLIGHTS
• OVECHKIN BREAKS FEDOROV'S RECORD: Alex Ovechkin scored his 484th NHL goal, breaking Sergei Fedorov's record for most by a Russian-born player, but the Dallas Stars bounced back to beat the host Washington Capitals 3-2. Ovechkin scored No. 484 in his 777th game; Fedorov had 483 goals in 1,248 games.
• MAATTA TO MISS 3-4 WEEKS: Pittsburgh defenseman Olli Maatta is expected to be sidelined 3-4 weeks after being injured in the Penguins' 4-3 victory Tuesday night against the Wild. Initially, there were fears that Maatta might have suffered damage to one or more internal organs. Those proved to be unfounded and, although the team has not specified the nature of his injury, it is believed to involve soft tissue and/or muscles. Maatta was injured when Wild forward Nino Niederreiter shoved him from behind as Minnesota backup goalie Darcy Kuemper was opening the door at the team bench. Rather than landing flat against the boards, Maatta went partway through the open space, appearing to strike an edge that usually would have been flush with the door. The league opted against punishing Niederreiter, who was not penalized on the play.
• FRANZEN OUT AGAIN: The Detroit Red Wings put forward Johan Franzen on long-term injury reserve because of concussion-like symptoms. Franzen played on back-to-back days in October, returning to the ice for the first time in nine months. He missed 49 games last year because of a concussion and also missed much of the previous season with concussion-like symptoms.
