GEORGIEV HAS BIRTHDAY FOR THE BOOKS

Alexandar Georgiev, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Sunday, made a career-high 55 saves to backstop the Rangers past the Maple Leafs.

* Georgiev became the sixth rookie goaltender since 1955-56 to record 55 or more saves in a regular-season game and second to do so with the Rangers; he joined Mike Richter, who turned aside 59 shots on Jan. 31, 1991 against the Canucks (3-3 T).

^Richter’s 59 saves are also the most in a game by a Rangers goaltender, regardless of status

* Georgiev became the second goaltender since 1955-56 to record 55 or more saves in a game while celebrating a birthday; he joined Al Rollins, who made 57 to backstop the Black Hawks past the Maple Leafs on Oct. 9, 1955 (3-1 W).

* Georgiev became the second Rangers goaltender to earn a win against the Maple Leafs franchise while celebrating a birthday, joining Ken McAuley on Jan. 9, 1945 (5-4 W).

TARASENKO SCORES OVERTIME WINNER AS SURGING BLUES EXTEND WIN STREAK

Vladimir Tarasenko scored his third goal of the game, franchise-record 10th career regular-season overtime goal and 200th goal of his NHL career 16 seconds into the extra frame as the Blues swept their home-and-home set with the Predators and extended their win streak to six contests. The surging Blues improved to 27-22-5 (59 points) this season and moved past the Wild (27-24-5, 59 points) for the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference standings.

* Tarasenko scored his fourth career regular-season hat trick and second which included an overtime goal (also 3-1—4 on Oct. 28, 2014 at DAL). He became the first player in franchise history to score multiple regular-season hat tricks which included an overtime goal and the second active NHL player to do so; he joined Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, who has accomplished the feat three times.

^Only one other player in franchise history has scored a regular-season hat trick which included an overtime goal: Brett Hull on Oct. 9, 1997 (3-0—3 vs. LAK)

* Tarasenko (200-191—391 in 474 GP) became the eighth player in franchise history to score 200 or more career regular-season goals with theBlues. He required the fewest games to score his first 200 NHL goals among players to debut with the franchise (all w/ STL), eclipsing the previous low of 496 contests set by Brian Sutter against the Canucks on Oct. 11, 1983.

* Tarasenko scored his team-leading 20th, 21st and 22nd goals of the season and has collected at least one point in each of the Blues’ last eight games (7-5—12). He matched his career high for longest point streak, a mark set from Dec. 12-26, 2015 (6-6—12) and equaled from March 25 – April 9, 2016 (6-5—11).

* Tarasenko has scored at least 20 goals in each of his last six seasons. He became the sixth player in franchise history to record at least six consecutive 20-goal seasons with the Blues.

BLACKHAWKS, TRIO OF PLAYERS EXTEND STREAKS

Patrick Kane (1-1—2), Alex DeBrincat (0-3—3) and Jonathan Toews (1-1—2) each found the score sheet to help the Blackhawks extend their win streak to seven games, the longest active run in the NHL. Kane (11-20—31 in 14 GP), DeBrincat (5-10—15 in 8 GP) and Toews (7-7—14 in 7 GP) extended their point streaks to 14, eight and seven games, respectively.

* Kane ranks second in the NHL with 81 points this season (33-48—81 in 55 GP) and owns the League’s longest active point streak. Only one player has recorded a point streak longer than 14 games this season: Panthers forward Mike Hoffman from Oct. 13 – Nov. 21, 2018 (10-10—20 in 17 GP).

* Kane extended his assist streak to 13 games (10-20—30), the longest by a player on any team since Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin had an equal run from Oct. 16 – Nov. 15, 2008 (6-21—27). The only player to record a longer assist streak with the Blackhawks is Stan Mikita, who collected at least one helper in 14 consecutive games from Nov. 26 – Dec. 25, 1967 (9-18—27).

DID YOU KNOW?

Patrick Kane became the third player to reach the 80-point mark this season, joining Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (24-60—84 in 56 GP) and Oilers captain Connor McDavid (31-49—80 in 54 GP). The last season to feature three or more 80-point getters through games played Feb. 10 was 1995-96, when four players had reached the plateau (Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Ron Francis and Joe Sakic).

LEAGUE-LEADING LIGHTNING ACCOMPLISH RARE FEAT WITH 20TH ROAD WIN

Louis Domingue made 25 saves to help the League-leading Lightning (41-11-4, 86 points) extend their point streak to six games (4-0-2).

* Tampa Bay, which is 21-5-2 (44 points) at AMALIE Arena this season, improved to 20-6-2 (42 points) as visitors in 2018-19. The Lightning became the third team in NHL history to record at least 20 home wins and 20 road wins within their first 56 games of a season, joining the Red Wings in 2007-08 and Capitals in 2015-16.

* Domingue improved to 10-0-0 in his last 10 appearances dating to Nov. 29, 2018 (2.57 GAA, .912 SV%). He established a franchise record for longest personal win streak by a goaltender, eclipsing the previous mark of nine games set by John Grahame from Nov. 14 – Dec. 10, 2005 and matched by Andrei Vasilevskiy from Oct. 9-30, 2017.

LUONGO PASSES ROY FOR SECOND ON ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED LIST

Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo (9 saves) made the 1,030th regular-season appearance of his NHL career and passed Patrick Roy (1,029) for sole possession of second place on the League’s all-time list.

Photo via Panthers

BRUINS EARN SECOND OVERTIME WIN IN AS MANY DAYS

Brad Marchand (1-1—2) scored his franchise-record 14th career regular-season overtime goal to power the Bruins to their first home victory against the Avalanche since March 30, 1998 (4-1 W), snapping a 12-game winless stretch (0-10-2). Boston (31-17-8, 70 points) extended its point streak to seven games (4-0-3) and leapfrogged idle Montreal (31-18-7, 69 points) for third place in the Atlantic Division standings.

* The Bruins earned their second overtime win in as many days (also 5-4 OT W on Feb. 9 vs. LAK). Boston recorded overtime victories in consecutive days for the second time in franchise history and first since March 7-8, 2016 (5-4 OT W at FLA and 1-0 OT W at TBL, respectively).

* Marchand recorded his fourth consecutive game with multiple points (2-6—8) and has found the score sheet in 10 of his last 11 outings dating to Jan. 14 (5-13—18). He ranks second on the Bruins with 65 points this season (21-44—65 in 55 GP), behind only David Pastrnak (31-35—66 in 56 GP).

* Only eight players in NHL history have scored more career regular-season overtime goals than Marchand – a list topped by Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, who has 22.

DIVISION-LEADING JETS, ISLANDERS SECURE WINS

The Central Division-leading Jets (35-18-3, 73 points) and Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders (33-16-6, 72 points) each secured wins on Sunday:

* Blake Wheeler (1-1—2) scored the go-ahead goal with 3:55 remaining in regulation to lift the Jets past the Sabres. Wheeler scored his 27th career game-winning goal in a Jets uniform, the most among all players since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg for the 2011-12 season.

* Thomas Greiss made 26 saves to help the Islanders extend their home point streak to eight games (7-0-1). Greiss improved to 4-0-1 in his last five appearances dating to Jan. 13 (0.58 GAA, .981 SV%, 2 SO), allowing one goal or fewer in each contest.

QUICK CLICKS

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* Sled Classic provides 'greatest feeling' on final day

* Marcus Johansson, Devils end Hurricanes' three-game winning streak

SNEAK PEEK AT SUNDAY’S ACTION

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