AHL Game Night: 2-17-24 Crunch at Phantoms

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

NHL Game Night: 2-15-24 Avalanche at Lightning

Kuch is better. COL-3TB-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 30 shots for the victory. First Period15:08 COL Byram (7), (Rantanen, MacKinnon)17:18 TB Point (26), (unassisted)18:25 TB Kucherov (35), (Hagel) Second Period15:03 COL Byram (8), (Colton, Lehkonen) Third Period3:40 COL Lehkonen (6), (MacKinnon, Drouin)(PP)4:00 TB Stamkos (23), (Kucherov, Hedman)8:13 TB Kucherov (36), (Point, Stamkos)19:28 TB … Read more

AHL Game Night: 2-14-24 Crunch at Senators

Third Period meltdown. SYR-5BEL-6 Matt Tomkins allowed six goals on 24 shots for the loss. Pure dreck. First Period4:05 BEL Matinpalo (2), (Crookshank, Chartier) Second Period0:48 SYR Finley (7), (Fortier, Goncalves)6:29 SYR Edmonds (5), (Carlile, Allard)7:13 SYR Koepke (12), (Thompson, Day)17:01 BEL Chartier (1), (unassisted) Third Period0:26 BEL Chartier (2), (Thomson, Heatherington)2:42 SYR Merela (9), … Read more

NHL Game Night: 2-13-24 Lightning at Bruins

Vasilevskiy shines in upset win. TB-3BOS-2 (SO) Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 38 shots before stopping all three shots he faced in the penalty shot session for the SO victory. First Period3:21 TB Cernak (1), (Hagel, Cirelli) Second Period1:06 TB Kucherov (34), (unassisted)(PP)2:04 BOS McAvoy (8), (Marchand, Pastrnak)16:23 BOS VanRiemsdyk (9), (Marchand, Pastrnak) Third … Read more

NHL Game Night: 2-10-24 Lightning at Blue Jackets

Lightning arrest their free fall. TB-4CBJ-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals in garbage time on 35 shots. Probably gets the shutout if the refs don’t botch the cross checking call to Eyssimont’s head. First Period15:40 TB Paul (14), (Hagel, Raddysh)(PP) Second Period0:49 TB Cirelli (11), (Hagel, Paul) Third Period0:23 TB Stamkos (22), (Hedman, Kucherov)(PP)12:22 CBJ … Read more

AHL Game Night: 2-10-24 Americans at Crunch

Syracuse’s mastery of Rochester puts them atop the division. ROC-2SYR-3 (OT) Hugo Alnefelt allowed two goals on 25 shots for the victory. Gave up two quick ones and then put the force field up the rest of the way. First Period1:28 ROC Rousek (9), (Biro, Murray)4:48 ROC Murray (9), (Rousek, Biro)(PP)8:09 SYR Edmonds (4), (Allard, … Read more

AHL Game Night: 2-9-24 Crunch at Americans

If you want to win, employ a Finn. SYR-3ROC-2 (OT) Matt Tomkins allowed two goals on 21 shots for the OT win. First Period11:11 ROC Biro (12), (Prow, Rousek)13:16 ROC Jobst (12), (Rousek, Biro)(PP) Second Period7:19 SYR Walcott (10), (Carlile, Crozier)15:53 SYR Stephens (5), (Carroll, Groshev) Third PeriodNO SCORING Overtime0:38 SYR Merela (8), (Carlile) Waltteri … Read more

NHL Game Night: 2-8-24 Lightning at Islanders

Season possibly back on the brink? TB-2NYI-6 Jonas Johansson allowed six goals on 24 shots for the loss. You want your backup to give you a chance. He didn’t tonight. First Period4:07 NYI Dobson (7), (Pageau)6:42 TB Kucherov (33), (Raddysh)14:07 NYI Barzal (15), (Horvat)18:35 NYI Palmieri (14), (Reilly, Nelson) Second Period1:14 TB Hagel (18), (Cirelli, … Read more

NHL Game Night: 2-7-24 Lightning at Rangers

Catastrophic loss at MSG. TB-1NYR-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 23 shots for the loss. Probably could’ve done better on what became the GWG. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period1:15 NYR Vesey (10), (Goodrow, Pitlick)17:46 NYR Brodzinski (3), (Kreider, Wheeler) Third Period5:29 TB Hagel (17), (Cernak, Kucherov)18:59 NYR Vesey (11), (Goodrow, Trocheck)(EN) It seems insensitive … Read more