Pete Choquette ABB is back. SYR-5ROC-2 Matt Tomkins allowed two goals on 19 shots for the victory. First Period9:05 ROC Rosen (13), (Kulich) Second Period2:16 ROC Mersch (9), (Murray, Prow)7:59 SYR Barre-Boulet (1), (Goncalves, Myers)15:07 SYR Finley (Barre-Boulet, Carlile)(PP) Third Period8:33 SYR Dumont (11), (Harpur, Koepke)11:15 SYR Element (8), (unassisted)(SH)18:26 SYR Fortier (6), (Carlile)(EN) Alex Barre-Boulet, Gabriel … Read more
Goaltending betrays the Lightning. TB-2PHI-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 26 shots for the loss. Four soft goals. This sport is horrible when you have to work exponentially harder than your opponent for your goals. First Period2:22 PHI Brink (8), (Frost, Staal) Second Period4:35 TB Paul (17), (Hagel) Third Period0:54 PHI Foerster (14), (Frost)3:08 … Read more
Two tough losses at home put division further out of reach. UTI-5SYR-2 Matt Tomkins allowed four goals on 38 shots for the loss. First Period9:08 UTI Criscuolo (11), (Vilen, Downling)(PP)10:25 UTI Stillman (8), (Laberge, Stevens)13:32 SYR Walcott (11), (Groshev, Carlile) Second Period5:59 SYR Fortier (5), (Dumont, Barre-Boulet)(PP) Third Period2:42 UTI Stillman (9), (Russo, Misyul)17:52 UTI … Read more
THAT was Lightning hockey. TB-4NJ-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 PeriodNO SCORING Second Period1:27 TB Hedman (10), (Kucherov, Hagel)4:15 TB Point (30), (Kucherov, Hedman)6:01 NJ Toffoli (25), (J. Hughes, L. Hughes)(PP) Third Period9:38 … Read more
Syracuse still can’t solve Belleville. BEL-4SYR-2 Hugo Alnefelt allowed three goals on 23 shots for the loss. First Period1:31 BEL Larsson (6), (Sokolov, Crookshank)5:48 SYR Day (4), (Element, Carlile)19:49 BEL Crookshank (20), (Pilon, Guenette) Second Period16:26 BEL Guenette (5), (Kleven, MacEwen)(PP)17:35 SYR Edmonds (6), (Day, Usau) Third Period19:14 BEL Highmore (9), (Chartier)(EN) Sean Day and … Read more
Crozier the good luck charm? TB-4NYI-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 34 shots for the win. Two garbage time goals, but was incredibly solid all game. First Period4:12 TB Paul (16), (Hagel, Raddysh)5:34 TB Kucherov (37), (Hedman, Perbix) Second Period5:00 TB Point (29), (Kucherov, Hedman)(PP) Third Period13:44 NYI Lee (15), (Barzal, Dobson)17:25 NYI Nelson … Read more
Tomkins shuts the door. SYR-2UTI-1 Matt Tomkins allowed one goal on 25 shots for the victory. High quality start at a moment when it looks like Hugo is stalking his spot on the depth chart. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period3:10 SYR Carroll (11), (Fortier, Finley)(PP)14:38 UTI Willman (11), (Durandeau, Hatakka)18:50 SYR Carlile (6), (Myers, Usau) … Read more
Circling the drain again. WSH-5TB-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 23 shots for the loss. At least two were goals you’d like him to do better on. He cannot be average or below average with this team in front of him. First Period2:30 WSH Aube-Kubel (6), (Malenstyn)16:19 WSH McMichael (11), (Edmundson, Wilson) Second Period9:16 … Read more
Tampa Bay fails to respond. OTT-4TB-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 27 shots for the loss. If he doesn’t have a save percentage above .900, this team doesn’t seem to have a prayer right now. First Period10:45 OTT Stutzle (13), (Sanderson, Zub)13:35 OTT Joseph (9), (Giroux, Stutzle) Second Period15:49 OTT Joseph (10), (Zub)16:55 TB … Read more
Hugo leads the way. SYR-2LV-1 Hugo Alnefelt allowed one goal on 26 shots for the victory. He improved his save percentage for the season to .912 in the win and, to me, this feels like the weekend he moved ahead of Tomkins on the depth chart. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period11:26 SYR Dumont (10), (Merela, … Read more