Tampa defeated New Jersey in an NHL match, Kucherov had a goal plus an assist

The Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players beat the New Jersey Devils in a home match of the NHL regular season.

The game in Tampa ended with a score of 5:1. Jake Guentzel scored a hat-trick, Nikita Kucherov and Darren Reddish scored one goal each for the hosts. Nico Hischier scored for New Jersey.

Russian forward Kucherov has a goal plus an assist. He scored 18 (9+9) points in 17 championship matches.

Tampa goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky saved 31 shots (96.9%) and was recognized as the third star of the match. Gunzel and Reddish became the first and second stars.

New Jersey forward Arseniy Gritsyuk provided an assist, scoring his 10th point (4+6) this season.

Tampa scored 22 points in 19 games, New Jersey had 27 points in 19 games.

In other matches of the day, Toronto beat St. Louis at home in shootouts (3:2 B), and Detroit beat Seattle on their ice (4:2).

NHL. Regular season

Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa) – New Jersey Devils (Newark) – 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0)

Goals: Guncel, 11:40, 30:38 (bolt.), 47:48 (bolt.). Kucherov, 19:38. Reddish, 44:49. — Hishir, 37:47.

Toronto Maple Leafs (Toronto) – St. Louis Blues (St. Louis) – 3:2 OT (1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0)

Goals: McCabe, 5:36. Lorenz, 29:32. Nylander, 64:06. – Walker, 1:50. Dworsky, 33:18.

Detroit Red Wings (Detroit) – Seattle Kraken (Seattle) – 4:2 (0:1, 3:1, 1:0)

Goals: Raymond, 21:19. Danielson, 10:04 p.m. Finney, 30:56 (bol.). Larkin, 59:30. — Eberle, 19:02 (bol.). Evans, 27:26.