Vasilevskiy stars as Lightning ends Jets' 7-game successful streak with Four-1 win

TAMPA, Fla. — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in his 300th NHL win and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended Winnipeg's seven-game successful streak with a Four-1 win over the Jets on Thursday night time.

Vasilevskii is the 40th goalkeeper in league historical past to win 300 video games. He reached the milestone in 490 video games, the fewest in NHL historical past, 31 sooner than Jacques Plante.

Winnipeg misplaced for simply the second time in 17 video games this season. Dropped to 7-1 on the highway.

Jake Guentzel scored twice for the Lightning, who had misplaced their final 5 video games in opposition to the Jets, together with 7-Four in Winnipeg on Nov. Three.

Guentzel put Tampa Bay forward with 7:24 left within the first half, and targets by Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli 57 seconds aside early within the second made it Three-Zero.

Winnipeg captain Adam Lowry scored on a deflection at 6:54 of the second, however Guentzel bought an empty netter with 21 seconds left.

Jets backup goalie Eric Comrie made 25 saves however misplaced for the primary time in his 4 begins this season.

Take away

Jets: Winnipeg's energy play got here into the sport main the NHL at 42.2%, however went Zero-for-5.

Lightning: Tampa Bay, coming off a seven-day layoff, received for the primary time this month after going Zero-Three-1 via its first 4 video games in November.

Key second

Cirelli's power-play purpose Four:07 into the second was additionally the Lightning's first in 17 extra-man probabilities at Amalie Enviornment this season. Tampa Bay has scored on 31.2 p.c of its power-play probabilities (38-of-122) at house in 2023-24.

Key State

Vasilevskiy's win was simply his fifth in 13 profession choices in opposition to the Jets (5-7-1).

Additional on

The Jets go to Florida on Saturday night time. The Lightning host New Jersey on Saturday.