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NHL-Highlights of Monday's NHL game

Nov 14 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League game on Monday: Lightning 4, Islanders 0 J.T. Brown and Ryan Callahan scored during a 42-second span late in the first period on Monday night and Andrei Vasilevskiy authored his third career shutout by stopping all 34 shots he faced as the Lightning completed a season sweep of the Islanders with a 4-0 win Monday night at Barclays Center. The sweep was as dominant as it was swift: The Lightning (9-6-1) outscored the Islanders 14-2 in three games, all played since Nov. 1. Tampa Bay has outscored New York 29-8 in winning the last seven games between the teams dating back to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals last May. The big question for the Islanders might be whether or not head coach Jack Capuano survives to see another game. New York had high hopes following last season's trip to the conference semifinals -- its first since 1993 -- but is just 5-8-3 this season and has lost three straight (0-2-1) and six of seven (1-3-3). An announced crowd of 12,498 booed and chanted for the firing of head coach Jack Capuano while watching the Islanders, who have the second-fewest point in the East, fall six points out of a playoff spot. New York has scored three goals or fewer in all 11 of its losses. Capuano, the second-longest tenured coach in franchise history behind four-time Stanley Cup winner Al Arbour, said he was not worried about the possibility of losing his job. Goalie Jaroslav Halak had 33 saves. The Islanders have three days off before hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.