Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in his 300th NHL victory, and the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped Winnipeg’s seven-game winning streak with a 4-1 win over the Jets on Thursday night.

Vasilevskiy is the 40th goaltender in league history to win 300 games. He reached this milestone in 490 games, the fewest in NHL history, 31 faster than Jacques Plante.

Winnipeg lost for only the second time in 17 games this season. It fell to 7-1 on the road.

Jake Guentzel scored twice for the Lightning, who had lost their previous five games to the Jets, including 7-4 at Winnipeg on November 3.

Guentzel put Tampa Bay ahead 7:24 into the first period, and goals from Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli 57 seconds apart early in the second made it 3-0.

Winnipeg captain Adam Lowry scored on a deflection at 6:54 of the second, but Guentzel had an empty net with 21 seconds left.

Jets backup goaltender Eric Comrie made 25 saves but lost for the first time in his four starts this season.

Takeaways

Jets: Winnipeg’s power play entered the game leading the NHL at 42.2%, but it went 0 of 5.

Lightning: Tampa Bay, after a seven-day absence, won for the first time this month after going 0-3-1 in its first four games in November.

Key moment

Cirelli’s power play goal at 4:07 of the second period was also the Lightning’s first in 17 more chances at Amalie Arena this season. Tampa Bay has scored on 31.2% of its power play opportunities (38 of 122) at home in 2023-24.

Key statistic

Vasilevskiy’s win was just his fifth in 13 career decisions against the Jets (5-7-1).

To be continued

The Jets visit Florida on Saturday night. The Lightning host New Jersey on Saturday.