Point scores 50th goal, Lightning shut out Red Wings

TAMPA --Brayden Point scored two goals, including his 50th of the season, for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 5-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Amalie Arena on Thursday.

Point is the third player in Lightning history to score at least 50 goals in a season, joining Steven Stamkos (51 in 2009-10; 60 in 2011-12) and Vincent Lecavalier (52 in 2006-07).
"It means a lot," Point said. "This means I play with good teammates. It's pretty special. This is something I never thought I would do. It was a little bit of a relief to be honest. You are pressing for it, and as much as you don't want to think about it, it is on your mind."
Brandon Hagel and Alex Killorn each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning (46-30-6), who ended a four-game losing streak to conclude their regular season.
Tampa Bay, which finished third in the Atlantic Division, will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
"A lot of good things happened as that game went on," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "We got better as the game went on. I liked our third period. It just felt different tonight, maybe it's because it was the last game of the year. The were a lot of individual milestones that were hit, and the guys felt good about that."

Brian Elliott made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season and 45th in the NHL.
"I'll hopefully get a good picture and hang this one up on the wall," Elliott said. "You try to take advantage of every opportunity, and tonight was another opportunity to do something. It's great that the guys blocked a lot of shots and let me see a lot of shots. Coming away with a 5-0 win, that's special."
Ville Husso made 27 saves for the Red Wings (35-37-10), who finished their season with five straight losses (0-4-1).
"The guys battled, they had some good pushes. It's going to be really tough to evaluate this team in the offseason," Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. "It's a tough read. A few days before the deadline we were in a playoff spot with a few games in hand. Some improved special teams, improved D-zone coverage, but offense has been an issue."
Killorn gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 7:49 of the first period with a wrist shot glove side from the left circle.
Hagel extended the lead to 2-0 at 7:27 of the third period. He scored past a lunging Husso after the puck popped out to him in the bottom of the left circle.

Point scored his 50th at 10:47 to make it 3-0. He collected the rebound of Nikita Kucherov's initial shot, skated down past a sprawled out Husso, and scored a power-play goal near the right post.
"It's funny, when someone is going for a milestone, you stress pressing and you're forcing it to the guy and it never seems to work out," Point said. "This was just a broken play on the power play there, I got it in on the far side. It's very cool. Someday when I retire I'll look back on this season with very fond memories."
Point followed up his power-play goal by shooting into an empty net at 15:59 to push it to 4-0.
"He deserved that. He's done it so many different ways," Cooper said. "And I think, if I'm not mistaken, none of them were empty netters … expect for the last one. He's been the straw that's stirred the drink for this team pretty much all year."
Michael Eyssimont scored with 10 seconds remaining for the 5-0 final. It was his first goal in 15 games with the Lightning since being acquired from the San Jose Sharks on March 1.
"We took a bad penalty, then we got on the power play and didn't score, then we took another bad penalty and they scored," Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin said. "That seemed to be it. We feel we outplayed them in parts of the game but didn't capitalize on our chances."
NOTES:Hagel finished the season with an NHL career-high 30 goals. … Kucherov extended his point streak to six games (two goals, seven assists).