BOSTON (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning overcame a slow start to win their second straight game and gain some much-needed momentum.

Steven Stamkos scored the lone goal in the shootout and...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers traded forward Vladislav Namestnikov to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night in exchange for defenseman Nick Ebert a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL...

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning team that just flamed out in the first round of the playoffs is dotted with former New York Rangers who played in the 2014 Stanley Cup...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his 36th goal of the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning clinched the Presidents' Trophy with a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday...

TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Johnson and Tampa Bay put together another impressive display.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It was another memorable night for Nikita Kucherov, Vinny Lecavalier and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Kucherov scored twice while breaking Tampa Bay's single-season record for...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist to help the Tampa Bay Lightning earn their 50th victory of the season in their 66th game by beating the Ottawa...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning used a fast start to win their seventh straight, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Tuesday...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning showed off their depth to continue their roll.

Tampa Bay was without top goal scorer Brayden Point and top defenseman Victor Hedman, and it rested...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos had three goals to become the first player from the 2008 draft to reach 700 points, and the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning won their seventh consecutive game by beating the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night.

Stamkos scored power-play goals that tied the game in the first and second periods. The center completed his ninth hat trick and first since Oct. 13, 2014, from the slot at 10:41 of the third.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists for his first four-point game, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to an easy 5-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.

Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, Steven Stamkos added a goal and an assist, and Tyler Johnson and Yanni Gourde also scored to help the Lightning become the first team in the league to reach 20 wins this season.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point like playing on the same line, and it's a combination that's working out well for the Tampa Bay Lightnint, too.

Kucherov had a goal and three assists for his first four-point game, Point added a goal and two assists, and the Lightning beat the struggling New Jersey Devils 5-1 Monday night.

"He's a speedy player who is fun to play with," Kucherov said of Point.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay scored early and often in another home victory over Florida.

Steven Stamkos had a goal and three assists and the Lightning reclaimed the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a 7-3 victory over the Panthers on Wednesday night.

"Guys were battling all night," Stamkos said. "That's just what you want to see. Compete, and then when you compete the skill takes over."

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos had a goal and three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning reclaimed the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a 7-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.

Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh each had a goal and two assists. Mathieu Joseph, Yanni Gourde, Adam Erne and Dan Giradi also scored, J.T. Miller had three assists, and Louis Domingue made 40 saves.

The Lightning are 11-1-1 at home against Florida since the start of the 2013-14 season.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Tampa Bay kept its focus after falling behind in the first period and pulled even early in the third. When it trailed again with less than five minutes remaining, the Lightning were resilient again.

Brayden Point tied the score on a power play with 27 seconds remaining in regulation and assisted on Yanni Gourde's winner 14 seconds into overtime to lift Tampa Bay to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night.

When John Tavares' contract ran out with the New York Islanders, he took the opportunity to talk with other teams.

"I felt like I owed it to myself to see what else was out there," Tavares said.

Each time Boston's top line jumps over the boards, the Tampa Bay Lightning are on red alert.

Make a mistake and Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak will make you pay.

"You think it's going all right and you're playing well, and they only need one look," Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. "We knew that. That's no surprise. They're a good line."

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Killorn broke a tie midway through the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning scored the final four goals to rally past the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh and Nikita Kucherov also scored as Tampa Bay reached 50 wins for the second time in franchise history. Yanni Gourde had two assists for the Atlantic Division leaders, who moved five points ahead of second-place Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rangers face an unfamiliar challenge after stockpiling picks for the June draft: Maximizing a franchise-record 10 selections, including three in the first round.

Rebuilding means keeping options open for trades while also targeting players who best fit the team's goals.

Assistant general manager Chris Drury says the team's priorities are adding young, competitive players with speed and skill and "a premium on high character."

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point is about as reliable as they come in a shootout.

The second-year center scored the deciding goal in a tiebreaker for the second consecutive game, lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.

Point improved to 8 for 13 in career shootout attempts and scored the winner for the fifth time.

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman now has something in common with Boston Bruins counterpart Don Sweeney.

They both tapped the New York Rangers before the NHL trade deadline Monday.

A day after the Bruins landed power forward Rick Nash from the Rangers, the Lightning followed suit by acquiring New York captain Ryan McDonagh in a multiplayer trade.

NEW YORK (AP) — For New York Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton, the NHL trade deadline brought mixed emotions on Monday.

Gorton said it was "difficult" to trade captain Ryan McDonagh and forward J.T. Miller to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Vladimir Namestnikov, two prospects and two draft picks.

But the return, prospects Libor Hajek and Brett Howden, and Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2018 and a conditional first-round pick in 2019 are "exciting" for a franchise in the midst of a rebuild.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rangers have traded defenseman Nick Holden to the Boston Bruins for a minor league defenseman and a third-round pick in the 2018 draft.

Holden skated in 135 games with the Rangers over parts of two seasons (2016-17 and 2017-18). He had 14 goals and 32 assists for 46 points, along with 49 penalty minutes. He will be an unrestricted free agent after this season.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers sent Brendan Smith to Hartford of the American Hockey League after the defenseman cleared waivers on Friday.

The move came one day after Smith — re-signed to a four-year, $17 million deal last June — was waived on his 29th birthday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — After three straight losses to open their road trip, the New York Rangers head into the All-Star break on a high note thanks to an unlikely goal scorer.

Ryan McDonagh scored his first two goals of the season and J.T. Miller added a goal and two assists that helped the New York Rangers salvage the final game of a four-game road trip by beating the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Thursday night.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators are happy to be home.

Anderson made 27 saves to stop his seven-game losing streak and Ottawa snapped its five-game skid Wednesday night with a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.

"I think when that final buzzer went there was a sigh from a lot of people, fans included," Senators forward Zack Smith said. "It was a good feeling. They're a good team over there with a good goaltender so it was a big confidence boost for us."

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Grabner's speed was known when the Rangers added him before last season. His offensive production has provided the secondary scoring they have needed.

Grabner scored three goals, including two late empty-netters, to lead New York to a 5-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. The Austrian winger has tallied 30 goals — including three of his five career hat tricks — in his first 102 games with the Rangers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have gone from an awful start to the hottest team in the NHL, using the man advantage to help them to a season-high sixth straight win on Saturday.

New York scored two second-period power-play goals en route to a 4-2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers as the Rangers won their fifth straight at Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK (AP) — Timely goals by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin extended the New York Rangers' slow start to the season.

Crosby tied the score with less than a minute remaining in regulation, Evgeni Malkin put in the winner 58 seconds into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the struggling Rangers 5-4 on Tuesday night.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Two days after their season ended with a loss to Ottawa in the second round of the playoffs, the New York Rangers are still dealing with the defeat.

"We all believe we should still be playing," coach Alain Vigneault said Thursday. "We're not. It's very, very disappointing. It is going to take some time to get over."

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Erik Karlsson was hoping for a good bounce. He got a great one.

Karlsson's shot from an almost impossible angle beat Henrik Lundqvist with 4:11 left in the third period, sending the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers in the opener of their second-round playoff series on Thursday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — After a lackluster performance in a Game 3 loss, the New York Rangers came out aggressive early on Tuesday night. They managed the puck better and kept the pressure off their own net.

And now their series against Montreal is even.

Rick Nash and Jesper Fast scored, Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves and the Rangers beat the Canadiens 2-1 to tie their first-round playoff series at two games apiece.

NEW YORK (AP) — With little at stake in the regular-season finale, the Rangers and Penguins just wanted to get through it unscathed.

Now both teams can focus on the playoffs as they chase the Stanley Cup.

Jimmy Vesey scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Rangers beat the Penguins 3-2 Sunday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Locked into the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers rested six banged-up players for their game Wednesday night against the Washington Capitals.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Take the New York Rangers off Broadway and they suddenly know how to shine again.

Derek Stepan scored late in the second period, Antti Raanta made 30 saves for his eighth career shutout and the Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on Saturday night.

Ryan McDonagh added a power-play goal and Rick Nash scored an empty-netter for the Rangers, who have won eight of their last 10 road games. During the same stretch, they've lost six straight at Madison Square Garden.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Joseph Blandisi and John Quenneville have become the best of friends this season playing for the Devils' top farm team in Albany. Their chemistry was the difference Tuesday night in New Jersey's first win over the New York Rangers this season.

Blandisi set up Quenneville's first NHL goal and Quennville returned the favor in overtime, setting up his pal's winner on an odd-man rush with 54.6 seconds left in a 3-2 win that left the Rangers with a rare road loss.

DETROIT (AP) — The New York Rangers are getting plenty of offense from their defense.

Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh scored twice and New York defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday night for its NHL-leading 25th road win.

Derek Stepan got his first goal since Jan. 17, and Kevin Hayes also scored for the Rangers.

New York's defense added three more points — McDonagh's two goals, and an assist by Marc Staal. That gave the group 10 goals and 29 points in the past 15 games.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Rangers got back on track in a game dominated by the goalies.

Mika Zibanejad scored 3:56 into overtime, Antti Raanta made 38 saves, and the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Monday night.

Zibanejad beat Andrei Vasilevskiy during a breakaway off a pass from Ryan McDonagh.

The Rangers, leading the Eastern Conference top wild-card race and two points behind Pittsburgh and Columbus for second in the Metropolitan Division, had lost three of four.