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Lightning juggernaut stakes team to three-way tie atop division.
TB-5
TOR-3
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 38 shots for the victory. He outplayed Campbell, and anyone trying to say Campbell’s a better goaltender than Andrei probably needs a drug test.
First Period
1:44 TOR Kase (7), (Tavares, Rielly)(PP)
9:57 TB Bellemare (2), (Perry)
12:16 TB Stamkos (13), (Killorn)(PP)
19:53 TOR Nylander (12), (Matthews)(PP)
Second Period
4:02 TB Palat (8), (Stamkos, Raddysh)
9:11 TB Raddysh (3), (Palat, Stamkos)
Third Period
9:36 TOR Kase (8), (Muzzin, Tavares)
19:31 TB Palat (9), (Stamkos, Killorn)(EN)
Steven Stamkos and Ondrej Palat were the game’s first and second stars.
On top of being out Kucherov, Point, and Cernak tonight, the Lightning also had to go without Anthony Cirelli. On the road against a Toronto team that’s been on fire the past ten games. Problem? No problem at all. The entire league should be aghast and terrified at what the Lightning have been doing the past 10-20 games with a skeleton roster. The injuries that have failed to kill the Lightning are only making them stronger in the long run. Seriously, Sunrise has had an unprecedented start to their season and the Lightning have been a MASH unit and Tampa Bay STILL just caught them in the standings anyway. I’m chuckling insanely about it, tbh.
Boris Katchouk had 1 shot and 4 hits in 10:19.
Taylor Raddysh had 1 goal and 1 assist and was +1 with 2 penalty minutes, 2 shots, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 18:37. He got the move up to the top line with Stamkos and Palat in the wake of the shuffling with Cirelli out and he played well. Be very afraid NHL.
Cal Foote was +2 with 1 shot, 2 hits, and 3 blocked shots in 14:58.
Ross Colton had 1 shot, 6 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 16:45. He was also just 8% on 12 draws.
Gabriel Fortier had 2 hits and 1 blocked shot in 9:26.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
