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Lightning close to pulling off segment one rescue mission.
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TB-3
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 33 shots for the victory.
First Period
1:13 WSH Leason (1), (Jensen)
Second Period
3:18 TB Killorn (7), (Cirelli)
8:40 TB Cirelli (2), (Barre-Boulet, Hedman)(PP)
Third Period
2:56 TB Point (4), (Raddysh, Cirelli)
11:38 WSH Sheary (1), (Kuznetsov, Carlson)(PP)
Anthony Cirelli, Vasilevskiy, and Erik Cernak were the game’s three stars.
The Lightning have done this a few times the past couple of years. They get themselves up against a hard place where 3-4 games before the end of a 10-game segment they look like they’re going to dig themselves a big hole in the standings. And then, just as quickly as the problem develops, they bear down and go on a streak and end up having a successful segment. With tonight’s win, the Lightning sit on 11 points through 9 games, meaning they just need a point in the segment finale to be comfortably on playoff pace.
Alex Barre-Boulet had a helper and was -1 with 1 shot and 1 hit in 10:40.
Taylor Raddysh had a helper with 1 shot and 1 hit in 7:32. Congratulations to Taylor on his first NHL point.
Cal Foote had 1 shot and 1 blocked shot in 9:36.
Ross Colton had 2 shots and 1 hit in 13:10. He was also 38% on 8 draws.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
