Vasilevskiy ties Andy Moog on all‑time wins list as Lightning top Flyers 4-1

Andrei Vasilevskiy climbed another rung on the NHL’s all-time wins ladder Monday night in Tampa, turning aside 13 shots in a 4-1 Tampa Bay Lightning victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. The result gave him his 372nd regular-season win, pulling him into a tie with Andy Moog for 20th place in league history.

Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev led the way offensively with a goal and an assist apiece, while Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel also scored for Tampa Bay. The Lightning have now responded to their opening-night loss to the New York Rangers with back-to-back wins.

Vasilevskiy nears Vanbiesbrouck, Point breaks through

With 372 victories, Vasilevskiy now sits two wins shy of John Vanbiesbrouck for 19th on the all-time list. Against the Flyers, he conceded only once on 14 shots, backstopping a Lightning team that controlled much of the game territorially.

Point opened the scoring late in the first period when he redirected a John Carlson wrist shot at 16:05. Just 17 seconds into the middle frame, Holmberg doubled the lead by finishing off a rush, putting Philadelphia in a two-goal hole early in the second.

The Flyers briefly cut into the deficit when Tyson Foerster fired from the top of the left circle and the puck deflected off Tampa Bay defenceman Charle-Edouard D’Astous before beating Vasilevskiy at 7:22 of the second. That was as close as Philadelphia would come.

Mikheyev adds insurance, Kucherov reaches new milestone

Mikheyev restored the two-goal cushion late in regulation, circling the net and tucking in a wraparound with three minutes remaining to make it 3-1. Hagel then hit the empty net to seal the 4-1 final.

Nikita Kucherov also reached a notable benchmark, collecting two assists to push his career total to 1,128 points. That moved him past Hall of Famers Mike Bossy and Joe Nieuwendyk into sole possession of 67th place on the NHL’s all-time points list.

At the other end, Dan Vladar kept the score respectable for the Flyers with 32 saves in defeat. Philadelphia dropped to 0-2-2, marking the first time since the 2013-14 season that the club has gone winless through its first four games. The Flyers have been held to two or fewer goals in each of those outings.

There was one positive development for Philadelphia, as Denver Barkey made his season debut after missing the first three games with an undisclosed lower-body injury. The Flyers continue their road trip Thursday against the Ottawa Senators, while the Lightning stay home to host the Minnesota Wild the same night as Vasilevskiy pursues more ground in the record book.