5
0
THAT was Lightning hockey.
TB-4
NJ-1
Jonas Johansson allowed one goal on 19 shots for the victory. High quality start in a key game by your backup. Everything you could ask for.
First Period
NO SCORING
Second Period
1:27 TB Hedman (10), (Kucherov, Hagel)
4:15 TB Point (30), (Kucherov, Hedman)
6:01 NJ Toffoli (25), (J. Hughes, L. Hughes)(PP)
Third Period
9:38 TB Hagel (22), (Point, Kucherov)
18:25 TB Kucherov (38), (Hagel)(EN)
Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Victor Hedman were the game’s three stars.
They looked like the championship Tampa Bay Lightning today, even with a backup goaltender in the crease and an injury depleted blueline. Stifling defensively and swarming in all three zones. That was something I wasn’t sure they still had in them. Wow.
Mitchell Chaffee had 2 shots, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 14:12.
Max Crozier had 2 shots and 2 hits in 10:52. I’m semi-serious he might be the good luck charm.
Emil Lilleberg had 2 penalty minutes, 2 shots, 2 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 16:57.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
