LIGHTNING CONTINUE HOME DOMINANCE
The Tampa Bay Lightning won a franchise best tenth consecutive home game with a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Lightning have not lost on home ice since Dec. 9 vs. Washington and their 21 home wins lead the League.

*The Lightning received key contributions from two of their rookies. Cedric Paquette’s tenth goal of the season stood up as the game-winner. He now has five goals in his last three games, including a hat trick on January 29th vs. Detroit. Jonathan Drouin assisted on Paquette’s goal to extend his assist/point streak to three games (0-4—4).

*Goaltender Ben Bishop made 34 saves to push his record to 26-8-2 this season with a 2.32 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and one shutout. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Bishop is the first goaltender to record eight consecutive home wins in one season for the Lightning, breaking the old mark of seven in a row set by John Grahame in 2005-06, and the first netminder on any NHL team with an eight-game home winning streak this season.

PRICE BACKSTOPS CANADIENS TO FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN
Carey Price made 36 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season and Max Pacioretty scored the lone goal with 1:52 remaining in overtime to lead Montreal to their fifth straight win.

*Price recorded his second shutout in as many games, both 1-0 victories, after making 24 saves to blank the New York Rangers on Jan. 29. Pacioretty also scored the lone goal in that victory. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time a team registered back-to-back 1-0 wins, with the same goaltender recording the shutout and same player scoring the lone goal in both games was when Maple Leafs goaltender Harry Lumley and forward Sid Smith did so in back-to-back 1-0 wins against Detroit on Nov. 11 and Nov. 13, 1954.

*The shutout marked the 29th of Price’s career, tying Patrick Roy for fifth most in Canadiens franchise history behind George Hainsworth (75),Jacques Plante (58), Ken Dryden (46) and Bill Durnan (34).

*Pacioretty’s overtime marker was his team-leading 23rd goal of the season. He leads the Canadiens in goals, points (40), plus/minus (+24) and game-winning goals (5; tied).

*P.K. Subban assisted on the overtime winner to record his 200th career NHL point (53-147—200) in his 332nd game.

RED WINGS KEEP PACE WITH WIN OVER ISLANDERS
The Detroit Red Wings got goals from four different scorers (Tomas Tatar,Brendan Smith, Jonathan Ericsson and Gustav Nyquist) and ten different players recorded a point in their 4-1 win over the New York Islanders.

*Tatar opened the scoring with his team-leading 22nd goal of the season and Nyquist potted his 20th of the campaign. It is the second consecutive season Nyquist has reached the 20-goal mark after scoring 28 times in 57 games during the 2013-14 season.

*Pavel Datsyuk (0-1—1) recorded his 554th career assist, tying Sergei Fedorov for fifth most assists in Red Wings franchise history.

*Petr Mrazek made 22 saves to earn his third win in his past four appearances. Mrazek improved to 11-4-1 this season with a 2.66 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage.

RASK OUTDUELS QUICK IN BRUINS WIN OVER KINGS
Tuukka Rask made 30 saves to outduel Jonathan Quick (30 saves) in a 3-1 win by the Boston Bruins over the Los Angeles Kings. Brad Marchand scored a pair of goals, including an empty-netter, and Chris Kelly deflected home the game-winner with just 5:27 remaining in regulation.

*Rask improved to 22-11-7 this season with 2.31 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage and is 7-1-2 in his last 10 games.

*The Bruins have now earned points in 13 of their last 14 games (9-1-4) and have 61 points on the season to hold the first Wild Card position in the Eastern Conference by one point over the Washington Capitals (25-14-10, 60 points).

LUNDQVIST BACKSTOPS RANGERS TO VICTORY
Henrik Lundqvist stayed in the game after taking a puck to the throat in the second period, and hung on to make 31 saves in the New York Rangers 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. Dominic Moore scored a highlight reel shorthanded goal in the first period, which stood as the game winner. With the win, the Rangers swept their four game series against the Hurricanes this season.

*Lundqvist has made at least 30 saves in five of his last six appearances, while allowing two goals or less in 15 of his last 18 starts. He improved to 7-0-0 with a 0.97 goals-against average and a .967 save percentage in his last seven home games against Carolina. He has 24 wins this season and 333 in his career, tying Nikolai Khabibulin for 20th on the NHL’s all-time list.

*Rick Nash opened the scoring with his 29th goal of the season, tying Alex Ovechkin for first in the League.

*Mats Zuccarello notched an assist to extend his assist/point streak against the Hurricanes to eight games (0-10—10).

FLAMES RALLY TO TAKE BATTLE OF ALBERTA
Down 2-0 at the start of the third period, the Calgary Flames scored four consecutive goals to earn a 4-2 victory over the rival Edmonton Oilers. With the win the Flames improved to 27-20-3 (57 points) and hold a three-point lead over the Los Angeles Kings (21-16-12, 54 points) for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference.

*According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this was the fourth time in franchise history that Calgary won a game in regulation time after being shut out and trailing by more than one goal after two periods. The others were February 12, 1994 against Toronto, March 1, 2003 versus San Jose, and November 14, 2005 against Minnesota.

*The Flames have now won six in a row against the Oilers, outscoring their Alberta rivals by a 27-10 margin over that span.

*The Flames received multi-point efforts from Lance Bouma (2-0—2, first career multi-goal game), Mikael Backlund (0-2—2) and David Jones (0-2—2).

AROUND THE RINKS
*The Ottawa Senators offense exploded for seven goals from seven different scorers, including four in a span of 5:26, in a 7-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Six different Ottawa players recorded multi-point games including Marc Methot (0-3—3, career high for assists/points in a game), Bobby Ryan (1-1—2, third consecutive multi-point game), David Legwand (0-2—2), Mark Stone (1-1—2), Erik Karlsson (1-1—2) and Mika Zibanejad (1-1—2).

*The Dallas Stars scored a season-high four power-play goals in a 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Defenseman John Klingberg led the way with four points (2-2—4). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Klingberg is the first rookie defenseman in franchise history to record a four-point game. Tyler Seguin added three assists, pushing him to 56 points this season (28-28—56), tied with Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane (25-31—56) for second overall in the NHL.

*Rookie Melker Karlsson’s first period marker held up as the game-winner, and he added an assist on Joe Thornton’s empty-netter to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 2-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Antti Niemi made 31 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season, and 31st of his career.

*Jaromir Jagr (0-1—1) and Mike Cammalleri (1-1—2) both scored first period tallies and Steve Bernier (1-1—2) pitched in with a multi-point game to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers. Keith Kinkaid made 27 saves in victory, giving up the lone Panthers’ goal to Brandon Pirri with just 1:29 remaining in regulation. The Devils have now earned points in a season-high four consecutive games (3-0-1) and in eight of their last ten overall (6-2-2).

*Michael Del Zotto scored the Philadelphia Flyers’ lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, extending his career-high point streak to six games (3-4—7). Playing in his 100th game as a Flyer, goaltender Steve Mason made 30 saves to record his 25th career shutout, and second this season. The Flyers have now won four straight games.

DID YOU KNOW?
Saturday’s Coyotes/Senators game featured two sets of brothers opposing one another in an NHL game for the first time in more than 30 years when Ottawa’s Milan Michalek and Mark Stone faced brothers Zbynek Michalek and Michael Stone of Arizona. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time two unrelated sets of two brothers faced-off against each other in the same game was on Dec. 23, 1983 when Wayne Babych and Joe Mullen of the St. Louis Blues faced brothers Dave Babych and Brian Mullen of the Winnipeg Jets.

LOOSE PUCKS
Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby made 29 saves in a 1-0 overtime loss to the Canadiens, ending his shutout streak at 137:48 after a 4-0 shutout win in his previous game against Penguins on Jan. 28…Senators defenseman Chris Phillips skated in his 1,178th game with the club, tying Daniel Alfredsson for most games played in franchise history…Jets forward Andrew Ladd (1-1—2) reached 400 career NHL points (179-221—400)…Hurricanes defenseman Tim Gleason skated in his 700th career NHL game…Flyers teammates Wayne Simmonds (0-1—1) and Jakub Voracek both skated in their 500th career NHL game…Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba (0-1—1) skated in his 100th career NHL game…Coyotes goaltender Louis Domingue made his NHL debut, stopping nine shots in 17:43 of relief…Steven Stamkos and Matt Duchene were among NHL players who made predictions for Super Bowl XLIX…Connor McDavid, Lawson Crouse and other top prospects for the 2015 NHL Draft also made Super Bowl predictions…The Boston Bruins wore winter hats during warm-ups before their game against the Kings in support of the New England Patriots.

SNEAK PEEK AT SUNDAY’S ACTION
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Arizona @ Montreal, 1:00 p.m., CITY, RDS
St Louis @ Washington, 1:00 p.m., NBCSN
Nashville @ Pittsburgh, 2:00 p.m., FS-TN, ROOT
Minnesota @ Vancouver, 3:00 p.m., FS-N, FS-WI, SNP
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HOMETOWN HOCKEY TOUR STOPS IN DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX
The Arizona Coyotes are in Montreal to face the Canadiens as Rogers Hometown Hockey visits Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Que. Hockey legend Guy Lafleur and Canadian music icon Sam Roberts will be special guests on the program. Every Rogers Sunday Night Hockey game this season will feature a Canadian team in action and travel to a community rink in hometowns across Canada, with local NHL player profiles, grassroots stories and local entertainment features. For more information, click here.

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