Facts and Figures: Vasilevskiy sets Lightning saves record

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 54 saves to set a Tampa Bay Lightning record in a 5-4 overtime win against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Wednesday.

The goalie broke his own mark of 48 saves against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Dec. 13 and shared by Ben Bishop against the Carolina Hurricanes on Jan. 19, 2014. Vasilevskiy leads the NHL in wins (36-8-4) and is the 11th different goalie since 1955-56 with multiple wins with at least 48 saves in one season. John Gibson of the Anaheim Ducks (Oct. 20 and Nov. 19) and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers (Feb. 28 and March 2) each accomplished the feat last season.
Forward Nikita Kucherov scored two goals and defenseman Victor Hedman scored at 3:01 of overtime after Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov tied the game 4-4 with 52.6 seconds left in the third period to help Tampa Bay (57-13-4) win its sixth consecutive game and become the eighth team in NHL history with at least four separate winning streaks of at least six games in a single season. The 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings, who hold the NHL record for most wins in one season (62-13-7), won at least six in a row six times.
The Lightning's victory was their 26th road win, the most in one season in its history, eclipsing their 25-13-3 mark away from home last season. With six of their eight remaining games away from Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay is six road wins from breaking the NHL record for most in one season set, by the 2005-06 Red Wings (31-7-3).
Lightning coach Jon Cooper won his 300th NHL game (300-156-44). Cooper joined Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau (301-138-61) as the second NHL coach with at least 300 wins through 500 regular-season games. Boudreau has an NHL coaching record of 537-274-108 in 919 games.
Despite the loss, the Capitals (43-23-8) extended their lead over the New York Islanders (42-24-7) to three points for first place in the Metropolitan Division; the Islanders have a game in hand.

Tavares scores No. 41, Maple Leafs sweep season series from Sabres
John Tavares had two points (one goal, one assist) for the Maple Leafs in a 4-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. The center scored his 41st goal of the season, the most by a Maple Leafs player since Mats Sundin (80 points; 41 goals, 39 assists) in 2001-02, and one shy of tying Eddie Olczyk (42 in 1987-88) for most by a skater during his first season in Toronto.
Tavares (81 points; 41 goals, 40 assists) and forward Mitchell Marner (86 points; 25 goals, 61 assists) are the second pair of Maple Leafs each with at least 80 points in one season since Dave Andreychuk (99 points; 53 goals, 46 assists) and Doug Gilmour (111 points; 27 goals, 84 assists) in 1993-94.
Center Auston Matthews had two points (one goal, one assist) to reach 200 in his NHL career and help Toronto sweep a season series against the Sabres for the first time in its history. The Maple Leafs (44-25-5) moved to within four points of the idle Boston Bruins (44-20-9) for second place in the Atlantic Division; the Bruins have a game in hand.
Boston visits the New Jersey Devils at Prudental Center on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNE, SNO, SNP, MSG, NESN, NHL.TV).
Scheifele powers Jets to 20th road win
Center Mark Scheifele scored his 35th goal to reach the 80-point mark for the second time in three seasons for the Winnipeg Jets in a 3-0 win against the Ducks at Honda Center. The victory was the Jets' 20th on the road to match their single-season record set in 2006-07 and matched in 2014-15 and 2017-18.
Scheifele become the fourth player in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers history with multiple 80-point seasons, joining Ilya Kovalchuk (four times) and Blake Wheeler and Marian Hossa (twice each).
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck earned his first shutout this season with 29 saves for the Jets (44-25-4), who lead the Nashville Predators (42-27-5) by three points for first place in the Central Division; the Predators have a game in hand.
Winnipeg visits the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday (10 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ATTSN-RM, TSN3, NHL.TV); Nashville hosts the Pittsburgh Penguins at Bridgestone Arena (8 p.m. ET; FS-TN, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV).