TAMPA Authentic Jaccob Slavin Jersey , Fla. (AP) — When Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov are piling up points, the Tampa Bay Lightning are tough to stop.Stamkos had two goals and an assist, Kucherov added a goal and three assists and the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 6-0 Thursday night.Tampa Bay scored at least six goals for the 14th time this season against a Dallas team that had allowed the second fewest goals in the league.“We just came out hard and want to play our way and stick to our structure,” said Kucherov, who has 11 points in his past three games. “Good things happen when we play the right way and it paid off.”Tyler Johnson, Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Killorn also scored to help the Lightning improve to 6-0-2 in the last eight games and reach 90 points in 58 games this season. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots for his fifth shutout of the season — second against Dallas — and 17th of his career to tie Ben Bishop for most in team history.“Every time we made a mistake or a bounce went their way they made us pay,” Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said. “You’ve got to tip your hat, that’s a really good hockey team. Anytime we did break through they’ve got a brick wall back there.”Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin was pulled from the game twice, allowing five goals on 21 shots. Landon Bow finished with four saves in 27:07 of ice time for the Stars, who fell to 1-2-1 in the past four games to drop to the top wild card spot in the Western Conference behind St. Louis.“I liked our effort, I didn’t love our puck management but we’ll get better from this Jeff Skinner Jersey ,” Montgomery said. “We’re going to learn from this. … We will get better from this.”Tampa Bay had four goals on the board in a span of 7:21 in the opening period and never looked back, led by Kucherov’s sixth game with at least four points. That is the most four-point games through 58 team games by a player since Ilya Kovalchuk had the same amount in 2005-06. Only Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr have had more since 1994-95.Kucherov is also the first player in franchise history to reach the 90-point mark before the 60th game of the season and is the fifth player in the NHL to do so since 1998-99. Kucherov is also the first player in franchise history to record at least three points in three consecutive games.“When he’s feeling it he’s so fun to watch,” Stamkos said of Kucherov. “He’s a huge part of our offensive success.”NOTES: Bishop practiced with the Stars on Thursday but missed his fourth consecutive game with an undisclosed lower body injury. Montgomery said Bishop was “50-50” to play on Saturday at Carolina. … Tampa Bay D Erik Cernak missed his second consecutive game with an undisclosed lower-body injury. … Johnson recorded the fourth 20-goal season of his career. … Tampa Bay’s four goals in the first period tied a season high. … Dallas D John Klingberg did not play the final 13:45 of the game after blocking a shot and will be re-evaluated on Friday. . Stars’ LW Blake Comeau missed the game with an undisclosed upper-body injury but Montgomery said Comeau is “probable” against Carolina.UP NEXTLightning: Host Montreal on Saturday.Stars: At Carolina on Saturday. DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Red Wings‘ debut season at Little Caesars Arena fell short, even of low expectations.Detroit was not projected by many to make the playoffs but the Red Wings didn’t come close.Detroit won just 30 games and finished 24 points behind the wild-card teams in the Eastern Conference, faring even worse than it did during last year’s farewell season at Joe Louis Arena. And some nights, it was as quiet as a library in their spectacular new home.”It was a tough year,” forward Justin Abdelkader said. ”Hopefully, we have guys in here that understand the long offseason gives all of us an opportunity to come back bigger, stronger and faster. We’ve got a lot of picks and hopefully some of those guys can help at some point next season and in the years to come. I don’t think we’re far off because we have a lot of pieces in this room.”The Red Wings, who didn’t miss the playoffs from 1991 to 2016, had their season end in with the regular-season finale in consecutive years for the first time since 1979-83. Back then http://www.officialhurricanes.com/authentic-adidas-jordan-staal-jersey , fans referred to them as Dead Wings and the team gave away cars to draw fans to the games.HE’S BACKThe Red Wings will continue to rely on general manager Ken Holland. He helped the franchise win four Stanley Cups from 1997 to 2008 and was given a two-year deal recently to stay in place and turn things around.”When I fly in an airplane, I always love to fly with a pilot who’s done it before,” team President Chris Ilitch said. ”Ken Holland has had the experience of seeing a Detroit Red Wing team in the 1980s build from the ground all the way up to the Stanley Cup champion.”ON THE BENCHJeff Blashill, who won 33 and 41 games the previous two years as coach, is expected to have his future addressed by Holland after the Red Wings gather Tuesday. On Monday, he was named the head coach for the U.S. national team competing at the world championships in Denmark next month.BRIGHT SPOTSThe Red Wings don’t have any superstars right now, but they have some younger players who could develop into game-changers.Dylan Larkin, a 21-year-old center, led the team with 63 points and made a relatively smooth transition from wing.”We had some guys that are significant in the growth of this team I thought take steps forward,” Blashill said. ”Larkin certainly would be at the top of that list. I’ve said before we need some guys to become elite players in their prime. I thought he took a step from a guy who a year ago in the middle part of the year was struggling on the wing, to a guy who is really coming as a two-way center.”Anthony Mantha Womens Justin Faulk Jersey , a 23-year-old wing, led the team with 23 goals. Tyler Bertuzzi had 24 points in 48 games in his first extended opportunity to play in the NHL as a 23-year-old wing.ONE TO WATCHAndreas Athanasiou, a 23-year-old center, was inconsistent after holding out for a bigger contract last fall. He is a restricted free agent, eligible for arbitration, and may want to be on the move.Does he want to play for the Red Wings next season?”I want to be an NHL player,” he said. ”I want to be in this league. I’ve been very happy to wear a Red Wings wheel, but it’s a business so we’ll see what happens.”LOTTERY LUCKThe Red Wings have an 8.5-percent chance to land the No. 1 overall pick, a selection that is widely is expected to be Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin. Detroit desperately needs a potential superstar such as Dahlin, but will have a pair of first-round picks and an NHL-high 11 selections in the draft.—