Naive Lightning spot Sunrise an easy Game One victory. FLA-6TB-2 Florida Leads the Series 1-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed six goals on 16 shots for the loss. The stat line was brutal, but I can only really find fault with about one of those goals allowed. First Period3:44 FLA Bennet (1), (Samoskevich)12:21 TB Guentzel (1), (Kucherov, … Read more
Crunch let season finale slip late, but no harm no foul. UTI-3SYR-2 Brandon Halverson stopped all 10 shots he faced in the First Period before giving way at the intermission to ATO Ethan Langenegger who allowed three goals on 26 shots the rest of the way for the loss. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period5:55 SYR … Read more
Duke helps Crunch clinch the three seed. SYR-3UTI-2 Ryan Fanti allowed two goals on 28 shots for the victory. 3-1-0, 1.46 GAA, .945 sv%. He’s been a bit of a revelation, in my opinion. FIrst PeriodNO SCORING Second Period0:38 UTI Schmelzer (22), (Squires, Dello)6:24 SYR Sheary (20), (Dumont)7:45 SYR Duke (19), (Sheary, Crozier)(PP)10:51 UTI Schmelzer … Read more
Lightning check out late in meaningless regular season finale. TB-0NYR-4 Jonas Johansson allowed four goals on 23 shots as the sacrificial lamb to slaughter. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period1:02 NYR Trocheck (26), (Miller)(SH) Third Period4:02 NYR Kreider (22), (Zibanejad, Cuylle)12:50 NYR Zibanejad (19), (Miller)16:24 NYR Zibanejad (20), (Kreider) The Lightning actually played a decent game … Read more
Syracuse punches their postseason ticket in style. SYR-3HER-2 (OT) Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 23 shots for the OT victory. First Period4:42 HER Lapierre (6), (Leivermann, Limoges) Second Period11:31 SYR Szturc (7), (Crozier, Duke)16:30 SYR Dumont (3), (Duke, Pouliot)(PP) Third Period3:08 HER Limoges (17), (Lapierre) Overtime0:23 SYR Sheary (19), (unassisted) Conor Sheary was the … Read more
Tampa Bay clubs Sunrise split squad team. FLA-1TB-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 24 shots for the victory. First Period1:32 TB Point (42), (Gourde, Moser)15:25 TB Geekie (8), (Point, Hedman)18:09 TB Guentzel (41), (Cirelli)(SH) Second Period4:42 TB Kucherov (37), (Gourde, Point)5:36 FLA Marchand (23), (Verhaeghe, Kiersted) Third Period11:22 TB Raddysh (6), (Kucherov, Hedman)(PP) Brayden … Read more
Lightning throttle Buffalo in home finale. BUF-4TB-7 Jonas Johansson allowed four goals on 25 shots for the win. Two of those were garbage time tallies with the game well in hand. First Period16:35 TB Guentzel (39), (Hagel, Cirelli)19:37 BUF Kulich (15), (Thompson)19:52 BUF Clifton (1), (Krebs, Quinn) Second Period3:02 TB McDonagh (4), (Hagel, Cirelli)6:34 TB … Read more
Syracuse misses the clinch by an eyelash. LAV-2SYR-1 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 23 shots for the loss. First Period7:34 LAV Kidney (4), (Beck, Mesar)17:56 LAV Condotta (4), (Simoneau, Davidson) Second Period7:15 SYR Allard (7), (Duke, Pouliot) Third PeriodNO SCORING Tristan Allard was the game’s second star. The Crunch outshot the division leading Rocket … Read more
Lightning fumble another home point as division title hopes continue to dim. DET-4TB-3 (OT) Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 26 shots for the loss. First Period1:01 TB Cirelli (27), (Hagel, Raddysh) Second Period4:07 DET Kane (21), (unassisted)16:37 DET Motte (4), (Holl, Lagesson)17:52 TB Goncalves (7), (unassisted) Third Period1:38 TB Goncalves (8), (Hagel, Cirelli)12:59 DET … Read more
Crunch grind out another critical win. Clip magic number to two. LV-1SYR-2 Ryan Fanti allowed one goal on 21 shots for the victory. In six appearances he’s now 2-1-0 with a 1.33 GAA and crazy .950 sv%. Listed at 6’3″ 199 lbs, he fits the standard size class the Lightning like in their netminders, and … Read more