TAMPA, Fla. — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves, Anthony Cirelli had a tiebreaking goal and a fight, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Monday night.
Tampa Bay also got goals from Mathieu Joseph, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos. The defending Stanley Cup champions are 6-0-2 over the last eight games.
Mathew Barzal scored for the Islanders, who have lost three in a row. Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 shots.
It was the Islanders’ 12th of 13 games during a season-opening road trip. New York will play its home opener at the new UBS Arena on Saturday night against Calgary.
The teams met for the first time since Tampa Bay beat the Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup semifinals last June.
New York defenceman Zdeno Chara and Lightning forward Pat Maroon fought right after the opening puck drop. Chara was given a high-sticking minor and 10-minute misconduct, and Tampa Bay rookie Boris Katchouk received a 10-minute misconduct following a scrum late in the third.
Stamkos gave Tampa Bay a 4-1 lead during the ensuing power play with 4 1/2 minutes remaining. Point had made it 3-1 with 6:32 to play.
Vasilevskiy had several in-close saves, including one on Anders Lee during a second-period power play.
Barzal opened the scoring 2:53 into the first on a breakaway, but Joseph tied from the low slot 23 seconds later.
Cirelli put the Lightning up 2-1 shortly after a power play ended with 37.3 seconds left in the first.
There were several scrums and a fight between Cirelli and Brock Nelson during the second. Nelson received the initial penalty for charging, while Cirelli was given an instigating minor and 10-minute misconduct.
Cirelli departed shortly after returning in the third after it appeared he was hit in the face by deflected shot.
New York failed to score on three power plays and are 4 for 31 overall.
BLUE JACKETS 5, RED WINGS 3
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zach Werenski scored the go-ahead goal with 1:19 remaining after Yegor Chinakhov tied it with his first NHL goal, and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied past the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 on Monday night.
Boone Jenner added a goal and an assist, and Adam Boqvist and Alexandre Texier also scored for Columbus, which stopped a two-game skid.
Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen and Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit.
The Blue Jackets trailed 2-0 in the second period and 3-2 in the third, but Chinakhov pulled Columbus even with 4:18 left. Jakub Voracek’s assist was his team-leading 12th and extended his point streak to six games.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 24 shots for the Blue Jackets.
Larkin put Detroit on the board first, catching Merzlikins out of position and burying a feed from Lucas Raymond on the stick side at 14:45 of the first. It was his seventh of the season and fourth in as many games.
Rasmussen made it 2-0 early in the second period with his first goal since April 15 off a feed along the left board from Vladislav Namestnikov that slid past a seemingly surprised Merzlikins.
But the Blue Jackets, who came from behind in their last three wins, did it again.
Jenner made it 2-1 when he crashed the crease and tapped in the puck at 13:07 of the second period for his fifth point in the past six games.
Boqvist tied it less than two minutes later, going top shelf over Greiss’ right shoulder with the rebound of a shot by Chinakhov, his first goal since coming to the Blue Jackets from Chicago in an offseason trade.
Boqvist played for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury on Oct. 23.
Raymond took Tyler Bertuzzi’s pass in front of Merzlikins and buried the puck with 6:29 left to put the Red Wings ahead for the last time.
Werenski’s goal was his third of the season. Texier added an empty-netter with 2.5 seconds remaining.
Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots for Detroit.
NHL Roundup: Vasilevskiy makes 25 saves, Lightning beat Islanders
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