Nhl Morning Skate – March 18, 2018 Saturday's
NHL MORNING SKATE – MARCH 18, 2018 SATURDAY’S RESULTS Home Team in Caps BUFFALO 5, Chicago 3 Edmonton 4, FLORIDA 2 New Jersey 3, LOS ANGELES 0 Boston 3, TAMPA BAY 0 TORONTO 4, Montreal 0 Philadelphia 4, CAROLINA 2 COLUMBUS 2, Ottawa 1 ST. LOUIS 4, NY Rangers 3 (OT) Minnesota 3, ARIZONA 1 San Jose 5, VANCOUVER 3 BRUINS, MAPLE LEAFS INCH CLOSER TO TOP OF ATLANTIC WITH SHUTOUTS The Bruins (45-17-8, 98 points) and Maple Leafs (43-22-7, 93 points) – the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the Atlantic Division, respectively – each earned shutout wins to inch closer to the Lightning (48-19-4, 100 points) for the top spot in both the division and Eastern Conference: * Tuukka Rask made 23 saves to help the Bruins shut out the Lightning and improve to 8-2-0 in their last 10 games. Boston improved to 2-0-0 against Tampa Bay this season and moved within two points of them for first place. The two clubs meet twice in the remaining three weeks of the regular-season: March 29 at TD Garden and April 3 at AMALIE Arena. * Rask improved to 6-0-0 in his last six appearances and 30-11-4 overall (2.29 GAA, .919 SV%, 3 SO). He became the eighth goaltender to reach the 30-win mark in 2017-18, hitting the milestone for a fifth consecutive season – the only Bruins goaltender ever to achieve that feat. * Curtis McElhinney turned aside all 33 shots he faced as the Maple Leafs recorded their fourth straight win overall and extended their franchise-record home win streak to 12 games, the longest in the NHL this season.
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