7
0
Everything comes together.
TB-4
NJ-1
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 23 shots for the victory.
First Period
5:55 NJ Severson (6), (Meier, Hughes)
16:17 TB Cirelli (11), (Hagel, Cernak)(SH)
Second Period
8:52 TB Hagel (24), (Sergachev)
13:55 TB Killorn (21), (Hagel)
19:59 TB Kucherov (27), (Point, Cole)
Third Period
NO SCORING
Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, and Anthony Cirelli were the game’s three stars.
Tonight was the game where the Lightning finally got themselves back together after several games of positive small steps. The outpossessed a very good offensive team, built a lead, extended the lead, got the game into garbage time, and then formulated a very boring Third Period. Just a clinical Lightning hockey game made all the more impressive without the services of Steven Stamkos.
Mike Eyssimont had 2 shots, 3 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 13:48.
Darren Raddysh was +1 with 2 shots and 4 blocked shots in 16:32. He seems to have mostly gotten more adjusted to the speed in the NHL game and seems a little more comfortable now.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
