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Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 20 shots for the win. Goal support is good.
First Period
0:24 TB Raddysh (4), (Hagel, Cirelli)
8:40 ARI Keller (20), (Brown, McBain)
19:26 TB Point (23), (Kucherov)
Second Period
7:36 TB Kucherov (32), (Stamkos, Hedman)
12:02 TB Stamkos (20), (Kucherov, Point)(PP)
15:18 TB Chaffee (1), (Crozier, Lilleberg)
16:59 ARI Durzi (8), (Keller, Schmaltz)
Third Period
7:32 TB Glendening (8), (Merela)
11:48 ARI Crouse (19), (Cooley)
Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, and Mitchell Chaffee were the game’s three stars.
The Lightning had a beatable opponent tonight and they proceeded to beat the brakes off of them. That’s a step forward from earlier this season, albeit it’s partly because Ingram couldn’t stop a beach ball for Arizona tonight. Once again, the Syracuse call ups provided a different energy that, along with Nikita Kucherov’s MJ-like pursuit of the scoring title, have propelled much of the team’s recent hot streak.
Waltteri Merela had a helper and was +2 with 2 hits in 7:18.
Mitchell Chaffee had his first NHL goal and was +2 with 1 shot and 3 hits in 8:29.
Max Crozier had a helper, 5 penalty minutes, 2 shots, 2 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 16:26. Mixed bag tonight. Defensive zone coverage was a minus. Offensive zone play was a plus. Standing up for himself in a fight against Crouse was a double plus.
Emil Lilleberg had a helper, 1 shot, 3 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 18:03.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
