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Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork. Authentic Sports Jerseys .com) - Jonathan Bernier made 43 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Nazem Kadri and James van Riemsdyk collaborated on two goals for the Maple Leafs, including one 55 seconds into the game that stood up as the winner. Tyler Bozak and Mike Santorelli also scored in the win. Berniers 43 saves included 19 in the third period. He picked up his ninth career shutout. You dont want losing streaks to linger and that one was lingering long enough for us, said Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle. Hopefully well use this as a little bit of a breather. It was the best Christmas present we could have given ourselves. The Stars had a season-long four-game winning streak snapped, which included three straight wins in western Canada. Kadri found the back of the net 55 seconds into the game, knocking the puck in from in front of the crease off van Riemsdyks pass from the low right side. Van Riemsdyk scored 6:21 into the second period after Kadri hit him with a pass ahead of the defense to set up a breakaway and he slipped a backhand under Kari Lehtonens pads. Bozak made it 3-0 midway through the period when he knocked a rebound out of the air past Lehtonen on a power play. Lehtonen was pulled early for an extra attacker and Santorelli scored into the empty net with 3:51 remaining. The Stars goaltender gave up three goals on 25 shots. Game Notes Dallas hasnt won five in a row since April 5-13, 2013 ... Van Riemsdyk scored his 15th goal of the season. Bozak got his 13th, Kadri his 10th and Santorelli his seventh ... The Maple Leafs are off until Sunday, when they continue a seven-game road trip against Florida ... The Stars play Saturday in St. Louis. Sports Jerseys . Showing more spark after not taking enough challenging shots on goal in their 1-0 loss Friday night, the Bruins had 18 shots in the first period after managing just 25 in the entire opener. Luke Glendening cut Bostons lead to 2-1 at 13:20 of the second period before Milan Lucic scored late in the second and Zdeno Chara added a power-play goal early in the third. Stitched Sports Jerseys . Henrik Samuelsson and Luke Bertolucci also scored for the Oil Kings, who are now 9-0 on home ice in the playoffs to cut Portlands series lead to 2-1. Chase De Leo and Mathew Dumba responded for the Winterhawks, who suffered just their fourth loss in their last 46 games, a string of success running all the way back to Jan.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Tampa Bay Lightning will try to complete a three- game homestand with a perfect record when they welcome the Ottawa Senators for Saturdays battle at Amalie Arena. The Lightning had lost two straight before beginning the current residency with wins over Minnesota and the New York Rangers. Both games were decided by one goal and ended in regulation. After edging the Wild 2-1 last Saturday, the Bolts had three days off before hosting Martin St. Louis and the Rangers on Wednesday. St. Louis, Tampas all- time leading point producer, returned to his old stomping grounds, but it was an ex-Ranger who would lead the Lightning to a 4-3 victory. Ryan Callahan, who came to Tampa in last seasons trade that shipped St. Louis to New York, had two goals and an assist to lead the Lightning to the triumph. It was the second standout performance for Callahan in as many games against his former club. He also had two goals in his return to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 17, sparking a 5-1 rout of the Rangers. Steven Stamkos made quite an impact on Wednesday as well, notching a goal and two assists in the Lightnings fourth win in their last six outings. Ben Bishop needed to make only 16 saves for the win. Another one-goal game, said Stamkos. We hold on and find a way to win these games and thats a good trait to have. The Bolts picked up their third straight win on home ice and own a stellar 9-2-1 record this season in Central Florida. Tampa could get a boost tonight with the potential return of top defenseman Victor Hedman. The big Swedish blueliner has been sidelined since Oct. 18 when he broke a finger on his right hand in a game against Vancouver, but he was cleared for contact earlier this week and is questionable for tonight. The 23-year-old Hedman was off to an excellent start to the season before the injury, posting three goals and four assists in five games. Sports Jerseys From China. Bishop is expected to start tonight. He played spent parts of two seasons with Ottawa before being dealt to Tampa during the 2012-13 campaign and is 4-0-2 with a 2.55 goals against average against his old team. In other news for the Lightning, the club traded defenseman Eric Brewer to Anaheim on Saturday for a third-round pick in the 2015 draft. Brewer has four assists in 17 games for Tampa this season. Ottawa is hoping to get back on the right track tonight after losing for the third time in four games Friday evening at Florida. The Senators carried a 2-1 lead into the third period against the Panthers, but the home team skated away with the 3-2 victory. Sean Bergenheim tied the score at 2-2 just 34 seconds into the final stanza and less than seven minutes later Jimmy Hayes provided the game-winner for the Panthers. Craig Anderson played well in defeat, allowing three goals on 46 shots. Ottawa failed to win the shot advantage in any of the three periods and the Panthers outshot the Sens by a 34-13 margin over the final 40 minutes of play. We have a very good goalie, said Sens coach Paul MacLean. The rest of the group [was] not even close to being acceptable. Chris Neil had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, while Cody Ceci provided the other goal. The Sens have lost two of three (1-2-0) to begin a five-game road trip and are 5-6-1 as the visiting team this season. Ottawa will complete its swing Tuesday against the New York Islanders in the opener of a home-and-home set. Ottawa has won two straight and three of the last four meetings in this series and posted a 3-2 shootout win in Tampa on Oct. 11. The Sens also have taken two straight on the road in this series after dropping the previous three at Amalie Arena. ' ' '