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Tampa Bay Lightning center Cedric Paquette reacts after scoring a hat-trick against the Detroit Red Wings during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday in Tampa, Florida.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning got an unlikely hat-trick from rookie center Cedric Paquette, sending a strong statement to another Eastern Conference power and jumping into first place with a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.
The Lightning (31-15-4) set a franchise record with their ninth straight home win, getting a big night from Paquette, who came into the night with only six goals all season.
Tampa Bay moved above the Red Wings (28-12-9) and Islanders with a conference-leading 66 points while Detroit had their six-game win streak snapped.
Elsewhere, the Boston Bruins scored a pair of goals in less than two minutes spanning the second and third periods as they opened the post-All-Star portion of the schedule by beating the New York Islanders 5-2.
Kevan Miller snapped a 2-2 tie by scoring with 3.4 seconds left in the second and defenseman Torey Krug scored 1:45 into the third for the Bruins (26-16-7), who also got 43 saves from Tuukka Rask.
Center John Tavares and right winger Michael Grabner scored for the Islanders (32-15-1).
Max Pacioretty scored with 4:17 remaining in the third period as the Montreal Canadiens emerged with a 1-0 victory against the New York Rangers.
Carey Price made 24 saves for his third shutout of the season for Montreal (31-13-3).
Rangers (27-15-4) goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was flawless for nearly 46 minutes and finished with 25 saves.
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