The Lightning’s schedule coming out of the 4 Nations Faceoff break has been favorable. They resumed play Sunday against a Seattle team playing the second of back-to-back games and starting a goaltender making his NHL debut.

The Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night in their second game back since the 4 Nations break. After pushing through a brutal month of January, the Lightning earned their sixth straight win this month,

Brandon Hagel and Victor Hedman scored second-period goals, and the host Tampa Bay Lightning secured their season-best sixth straight win in a 4-1 thrashing of the slumping Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night 4-1. The ‘W’ puts the Florida squad at six consecutive wins, a streak that extends back to February 4, prior to the NHL midseason break. The Lightning hold the third spot in the Atlantic Division and look to climb the league rankings with 25 games remaining.

Nikita Kucherov had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves for the Lightning (33-20-4). Leon Draisaitl scored for the sixth straight game and extended his point streak to nine games for the Oilers (34-20-4),

Silas Demary Jr. hit four 3-pointers en route to 21 points to help Georgia hold off a furious rally from visiting No. 3 Florida in an 88-83 Southeastern Conference win Tuesday in Athens, Ga.