Point scored a goal and added two assists in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Bruins.
The goal, his team-leading 28th, was originally given to Nikita Kucherov early in the third, but a review quickly revealed the puck went off Point's skate and in. He has 52 points (28 goals, 24 assists) in 47 contests this season, which puts him third overall in team scoring behind Kucherov (71) and Steven Stamkos (56).
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Contributes two points vs. Edmonton
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Point had a goal and an assist in a 5-3 loss to Edmonton on Thursday.
Point's marker came at 12:03 of the second period to tie the game at 3-3. He's up to 27 goals and 49 points in 44 contests this season. The 26-year-old has been red hot for a while, contributing 11 goals and 18 points in his last 13 games.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Posts two-point effort
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Point scored a goal on two shots, added an assist and went plus-3 in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Canucks.
Point helped out on a Nikita Kucherov tally and scored a goal of his own in a span of 4:50 during the first period. Since the holiday break, Point has been very strong with nine goals and six helpers over 11 contests. The 26-year-old center is up to 26 tallies, 21 assists, 129 shots on net and a plus-7 rating through 43 outings overall.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Leads Lightning with three points
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Point provided two goals and an assist in the Lightning's 4-2 win against St. Louis on Saturday.
Point's second goal was scored during a Tampa Bay power play. The 26-year-old is on a three-game point streak and has been held off the scoresheet just once over his last 10 contests. He has 25 goals and 45 points in 41 games this season.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Nine-game home goal streak
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Point scored a goal Tuesday in a 6-3 win over Columbus.
Point pushed it to 5-2 on the power play at 12:22 with a backhand in the slot. He scored in his ninth straight home game, extending his Lightning record and tying Oilers center Connor McDavid for the longest streak in the NHL this season. Since Dec. 21, Point has a point in seven of his last eight games total, and has put up nine points, including seven goals, in that span. His 23 goals on the season have him in a three-way tie with Timo Meier and Cole Caufield for 12th in the NHL.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Pushes scoring streak to six games
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Point found the back of the net in Tampa Bay's 5-1 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday.
Point's goal came at 13:37 of the second period and was scored during a Lightning power play. He has 22 goals and 39 points in 37 contests in 2022-23, including 13 points with the man advantage. The 26-year-old is on a six-game point streak.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Four-game goal streak
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Point scored a goal and added an assist Saturday in a 5-3 win over Arizona.
He's on a four-game goal streak (five goals, one assist). The goal was slick -- he kicked up a Nikita Kucherov pass and batted the puck in from a sharp angle at the right side of the net. Point set a Lightning record with a goal in eight straight home games.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Nets 20th for sixth straight season
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Point scored a goal in regulation and in the shootout in a 2-1 win over the Rangers on Thursday.
It was his 20th of the season. He wired a low shot that deflected off Igor Shesterkin's blocker at 5:32 of the third period. Point is riding a three-game, four-goal streak and has 35 points in 34 games overall. He continues to sit third in team scoring behind Nikita Kucherov (51) and Steven Stamkos (39). It's the sixth consecutive season that Point has hit the 20-goal mark.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Pots pair in win
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Point scored two goals -- one on the power play -- in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Canadiens.
Point has nine goals in his last nine games, accounting for nearly half of his 19 tallies in 2022-23. He has reached the 40-goal and 80-point marks in the same season once before, and Point's on pace to do so again if he can stay healthy.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Records two points in win
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Point scored a goal and registered an assist during a 6-2 win over the visiting Kraken on Tuesday.
Off a backhand flip, Point converted on his 15th goal of the season Tuesday. The 26-year-old center ranks second on the Lighting in goals scored and third in points (30). Point, who has collected five goals in his four outings, finished with three shots and a plus-2 rating Tuesday, which pulled him even for the campaign.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Three-game goal streak
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Point scored the go-ahead goal Saturday in a 4-1 win over Florida.
Early in the third, he spun away from Sam Bennett near the net after taking a feed from Nikita Kucherov, and then wired it past Sergei Bobrovsky. Point also put in the GWG in overtime when the first meeting of these two teams this season. He's on a three-game goal streak (four goals/points) and has 14 on the season.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Two snipes better than one
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Point scored twice, including the game winner, in a 5-2 win over the Predators on Thursday.
Point put the Bolts up 1-0 early in the first period after taking a stretch pass from Ian Cole and tucking the puck around Juuse Saros' outstretched left pad. His second goal was a wrister from the left face-off circle early in third that gave the Bolts a lead they never relinquished. Point is on a modest two-game, three-goal streak and has 27 points (13 goals, 13 assists) in 26 games.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Scores goal versus Wings
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Point scored a goal on nine shots in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to Detroit.
Point's nine shots were a season-high for the center but it wasn't enough to help his club secure the win. The Calgary native ended his three-game goal drought with his marker giving him 11 total on the year. Point should easily reach the 20-goal mark for the sixth consecutive season and could even push for 30 for the first time since 2018-19 when he scored a personal best 41 times.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Collects two markers again
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Point scored a pair of goals during Monday's 6-5 overtime win over the host Sabres.
Coming off a two-goal, one-assist effort against the Blues on Friday, Point continued his streaky scoring with two power-play tallies Monday. The 26-year-old center has collected three multi-point efforts in his past four games, compiling four goals and three assists. In his seven games before Friday, Point, who scored on both of his shots Monday, went seven games without a marker. Point has 10 goals and 13 assists in 21 games this season.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Produces three points in win
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Point scored two first-period goals and was credited with an assist during Friday's 5-2 victory over the visiting Blues.
Point, who converted for the first time in eight games Friday, opened the scoring and then connected on the eventual game-winner by the 8:04 mark of the opening frame. The 26-year-old center rebounded from registering a season-worst minus-3 rating during Monday's loss to the Bruins. At the time of Point's second tally during a man-advantage situation Friday, the Lightning had more goals (3) than the Blues had shots (2).
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Two apples keep doctor away
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Point put up two assists Saturday in a 3-2 overtime win over the Predators.
Both came on the power play. Point has 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in as many games, but hasn't put a puck past the goal line in six games. That will come -- he's delivered at least 23 goals in five straight seasons.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Dishes two helpers in loss
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Point recorded a pair of assists and four shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Oilers.
Point continues to pile up offense -- this was his fourth multi-point effort during his five-game streak. In that span, he has two goals and seven assists, bringing his season totals to six tallies and nine helpers in 13 contests. The center has added 37 shots on net and a plus-3 rating while holding down his usual top-line job.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Consistent performer
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Point is riding a four-game, seven-point scoring streak heading into Tuesday's game against Edmonton.
He's finally finding some consistency. Point had six points, including four goals, in his first eight games of the season, but only had points in four of those eight contests. That may have been linked to his recovery from the quad tear suffered in Round 1 of the playoffs last season. Now healthy, Point has 13 points in 12 games and his 18.2 shooting percentage is right in line with his career mark (17.1).
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Two points against Sens
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Point scored a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Senators.
Both points came in the final eight minutes of the third period as he led a comeback from a 3-2 deficit. Point has posted back-to-back two-point performances and has four multi-point efforts in his last six games, giving him five goals and 10 points through 10 contests on the season.
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Lightning's Brayden Point: Bags two apples in win
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Point picked up two assists in a 4-3 win over San Jose on Saturday.
Point has eight points (four goals, four assists) in nine games. It's his third two-point game in the last five contests. Point is starting to pick up the pace after the entire Bolts squad started slowly.
