James' shootout goal lifts Lightning over Blackhawks

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• The Lighting are 32-13-4 overall. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNikita Kucherov tied it at 1 late in the second period with his 25th goal of the season and also scored in the shootout.
• Gage Goncalves scored in the fourth round of the tiebreaker to keep Tampa Bay alive and, after Oliver Moore failed for Chicago, James slipped the winner past Arvid Soderblom. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots for Tampa Bay. Ryan Greene scored for Chicago, and Soderblom made 30 saves.
• Chicago had won two straight, beating Carolina 4-3 in shootout Friday night in Raleigh. Andre Burakovsky nearly ended it for Chicago in overtime, but couldn’t get the puck in at the side of that net as it slid across the crease. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTampa Bay outshot Chicago 13-2 in the second period and had a 21-6 overall advantage through 40 minutes.
• Both teams were 0 for 3 on the power play. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 3TORONTO (AP) — Mark Stone had two goals and an assist and Vegas beat the Maple Leafs in Mitch Marner’s emotional return to Toronto. Jack Eichel Pavel Dorofeyev, Braeden Bowman and Keegan Kolesar also scored for Vegas.