TAMPA, Florida — Andrei Vasilevsky made 29 saves for his 36th career shutout to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 4-0 Saturday night.

Vasilevskiy, who became the fastest NHL goaltender to reach 300 wins by beating Winnipeg 4-1 on Thursday night, posted his second shutout of the season. He was at his best midway through the second period, flying Jesper Bratt And Nicolas Hischier after everyone found themselves alone in front of the net.

Nick Paul put Tampa Bay up at 14:27 of the first period when his long wrist shot went through a screen and past Jacob Markstrom. Darren Raddysh scored 39 seconds into the third period to double the lead, Victor Hedman added a power play goal at 7:40 and Anthony Cirelli was credited with an empty-net goal with 12 seconds remaining when Devils defenseman Luc Hughes threw his stick to keep the puck out of the net.

Tampa Bay has won five straight against New Jersey, including both games this season, and is 9-1-0 in its last 10 meetings with the Devils.

Markstrom finished with 22 saves for New Jersey, which entered the game coming off back-to-back road wins over the Florida Panthers.

Takeaways

Devils: New Jersey, which entered the game second in the NHL with 72 goals, was shut out for the third time this month.

Lightning

The Lightning scored first for a ninth consecutive game. They are 5-3-1 during this period.

Key moment

Cirelli won a faceoff cleanly to set up Raddysh’s third-period goal and give the Lightning some breathing room.

Key statistic

Vasilevskiy improved to 9-5-0 in his career against New Jersey, but this was the first time he shut out the Devils.

To be continued

The Devils host Carolina on Thursday night. The Lightning visit Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

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