Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his fourth shutout, Brandon Hagel notched a goal and an assist, and the hot Tampa Bay Lightning extended their season-best winning streak to seven games in a 3-0 blanking of the visiting Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Don’t look now, but the Lightning are the hottest team in the Eastern Conference, and their seventh straight win on Thursday night against Calgary followed a familiar script. It certainly wasn’t the Lightning’s best night of a February that’s seen them take control of their playoff positioning,

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Capitals are already in a good position to make a run at winning the Stanley Cup this season, and general manager Chris Patrick says “anything is on the table” to try to further strengthen their roster before the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline on March 7.

The Washington Capitals not doing right by their soon-to-be-all-time-leading-scorer, Alex Ovechkin, would be a "failure" according to one analyst.

The Blues won 35 of 53 face-offs in the game, or a whopping 66 percent, led by Radek Faksa (eight of 11, 73 percent), Schenn (seven of 10, 70 percent), Thomas (13 of 21, 62 percent) and Oskar Sundqvist (six of 10, 60 percent). Nathan Walker also won a draw.