Steven Stamkos notched his second hat-trick of the season to lead Tampa Bay to a 5-2 defeat of Carolina in the NHL on Saturday night.
Stamkos treble sets the tone for Tampa Bay
A second hat-trick of the NHL season from Steven Stamkos helped
Tampa Bay beat
Carolina 5-2 in the NHL On Saturday.
Stamkos scored his third of the night and his 26th of the campaign to put his side 3-2 up in the third and they never looked back.
At St. Paul, a brace from Radim Vrbata was the difference as the
Phoenix Coyotes ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over
Minnesota.
A goal and an assist from Ilya Kovalchuk underpinned an impressive
New Jersey Devils performance as they ended a four-game winless run of their own with a 3-1 triumph against
Pittsburgh, while Matt Moulson ended with a goal and two assists as the
New York Islanders eased past the
Edmonton Oilers 4-1.
Jimmy Howard earned a ninth career shut-out as the
Detroit Red Wings saw off the
St. Louis Blues - their second win over them this week.
An empty-netter from Tomas Fleischmann proved to be the matchwinner as the
Florida Panthers beat the
Montreal Canadiens 3-2 with 40 seconds left on the clock, while a fifth-round shoot-out goal from Bobby Butler guided the
Ottawa Senators to a win over the
Buffalo Sabres by the same scoreline.
Power-play
Elsewhere, power-play goals from Zach Bogosian and Blake Wheeler saw the
Winnipeg Jets to a third successive win as they beat the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
Former
Anaheim keeper Jean-Sebastien Giguere impressed against his old club in his first game facing them, making 18 saves as the
Colorado Avalanche ran out 4-2 victors, who have won eight of their last 10.
Boston's seven-match winning run was halted by the
Dallas Stars, with Trevor Daley impressing with a goal and two assists.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice for the second night running as his
Washington Capitals got the better of the
Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2, while in the day's late game, the
LA Kings beat
Vancouver 4-1.
