NHL Game Night: 12-15-23 Lightning at Oilers

Big comeback fuels hopes for winning road trip. TB-7EDM-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals 57 shots (!) for the victory. It was a tale as old as time. Vasilevskiy stood on his head long enough to give the skaters time to climb into the game and eventually win it. First Period1:07 TB Stamkos (11), (Paul, … Read more

NHL Game Night: 12-12-23 Lightning at Canucks

Flu bug may be putting Lightning on the brink. TB-1VAN-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 21 shots for the loss. First Period1:25 TB Point (13), (Sergachev, Hagel)6:08 VAN Kuzmenko (5), (Hughes, Miller)(PP) Second Period9:29 VAN Boeser (19), (Miller, Hoglander)16:52 VAN Boeser (20), (Hughes, Hronek) Third Period18:42 VAN Boeser (21), (Hughes)(EN) It was a hellish … Read more

AHL Game Day: 12-10-23 Crunch at Comets

Utica sweeps the home and home. SYR-1UTI-4 Matt Tomkins allowed three goals on 26 shots for the loss. First Period15:07 UTI Schmelzer (4), (Gambardella, Parent)(PP) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period8:00 SYR Stephens (3), (Chaffee, Goncalves)13:07 UTI Clarke (9), (Schmelzer)15:48 UTI Labarge (3), (Clarke)18:42 UTI Bowers (6), (Gambardella, Hatakka)(EN) The score was flattering for Utica and … Read more

NHL Game Night: 12-9-23 Lightning at Kraken

With locker room in the grips of illness, Lightning pull the season back from the brink. TB-4SEA-3 (OT) Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 29 shots for the OT win. Not his best game, but his team picked him up, IMO. First Period9:28 TB Cirelli (7), (Perbix, Jeannot)19:16 TB Kucherov (18), (Point, Hagel) Second Period9:52 … Read more

AHL Game Night: 12-9-23 Comets at Crunch

Crunch can’t find scoring touch in tight loss. UTI-3SYR-1 First Period10:01 Robert (8), (Element)12:42 UTI Engaras (2), (Willman, Misyul)(SH) Second Period7:42 UTI Clarke (8), (Schmelzer, Wotherspoon) Third Period19:46 UTI Parent (7), (Willman)(EN) Felix Robert was the game’s first star. With Hershey killing Cleveland tonight 6-0, the game was a missed opportunity for Syracuse to vault … Read more

AHL Game Night: 12-8-23 Bears at Crunch

Big night from Merala keeps Crunch in the win column. HER-1SYR-4 Matt Tomkins allowed one goal on 22 shots for the win. First Period5:17 SYR Merala (2), (Day, Carroll)(PP)9:19 HER Hofer (2), (unassisted)13:01 SYR Chaffee (9), (Goncalves, Thompson)(PP) Second Period16:10 SYR Allard (1), (Lilleberg, Merala) Third Period17:24 SYR Walcott (9), (Merala, Myers)(EN) Waltteri Merala, Tristan … Read more

NHL Game Night: 12-7-23 Lightning at Predators

Lightning road woes continue. TB-1NSH-5 Jonas Johansson allowed four goals on 29 shots for the loss. Two soft goals, but when you only give the guy one goal of support it isn’t the goaltending. First Period13:32 TB Barre-Boulet (5), (Hagel, Cirelli)17:14 NSH Parssinen (5), (Tomasino, McDonagh)(PP) Second Period2:37 NSH Forsberg (14), (Josi, Nyquist)(PP)4:32 NSH McDonagh … Read more

NHL Game Night: 12-6-23 Penguins at Lightning

Redemption streak is on. PIT-1TB-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 24 shots for the loss. He would’ve had two straight clean sheets but for a puckhandling gaffe at the very end of the Third Period. First Period5:56 TB Cirelli (6), (Hedman, Kucherov)(PP) Second Period8:31 TB Kucherov (17), (Hedman, Stamkos)(PP)17:04 TB Jeannot (6), (Eyssimont) Third … Read more

NHL Game Night: 12-4-23 Stars at Lightning

Tampa Bay grabs back hold of the rope. DAL-0TB-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 25 shots he faced for the shutout victory. This was a vintage performance for Vasilevskiy where he made huge situational saves during about four big flurries Dallas had in the game, particularly in the First Period, and gave his team time to … Read more

AHL Game Night: 12-2-23 Crunch at Marlies

Syracuse makes a stand to sweep home and home with Toronto. SYR-3TOR-1 Hugo Alnefelt sparkled allowing just one goal on 36 shots for the victory including several stops during a late game PK with Emil Lilleberg in the box with a boarding major. He squared his season record at 3-3-3 for the campaign with 1 … Read more