By The Associated Press
Nikita Kucherov scored to remain tied for the NHL goals lead and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Thursday night for their season-high sixth straight victory.
Kucherov matched Washington's Alex Ovechkin with his 22nd goal to help the NHL-best Lightning push aside the league-worst Coyotes in front of a small, quiet crowd.
Vladislav Namestnikov, Brayden Point and Tyler Johnson also scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves for his NHL-best 21st victory. Coming off a 3-0 victory in St. Louis on Tuesday night in a matchup of the NHL's top teams, the Lightning are 22-6-2 for 48 points — 29 more than the Coyotes (7-22-5).