Pete Choquette Conor Geekie leads Crunch’s climb to third in the North. TOR-1SYR-4 Ryan Fanti allowed one goal on 31 shots for the victory. I don’t bat an eyelash when he’s in. In parts of five games he now has a gaudy .949 save percentage. Robust. First Period0:31 SYR Geekie (10), (Sheary, Crozier)3:55 SYR Angello (11), (Teasdale, … Read more
Ullmark steals the points. TB-1OTT-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 19 shots for the loss. His opposition, Linus Ullmark, was that little bit better than him tonight. First Period13:45 OTT Pinto (17), (Greig) Second Period5:17 OTT Sanderson (10), (Stutzle, Greig)(PP)7:00 TB Hagel (34), (Gourde, McDonagh) Third PeriodNO SCORING You put that effort out against … Read more
Syracuse takes a quantum leap forward in their playoff pursuit. SYR-5BEL-2 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 22 shots for the victory. First Period3:11 SYR Dumont (2), (Fortier)13:53 SYR Schmidt (3), (unassisted) Second Period4:53 SYR Duke (17), (Crozier, Szturc)9:24 SYR Geekie (8), (Sheary, Pouliot)(PP)15:25 BEL Jenik (11), (Davies, Daoust) Third Period5:43 BEL Daoust (5), (Bourgault, … Read more
Lightning efficiently wrap up a key road win. TB-4NYI-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 28 shots for the victory. He was forced to do quite a bit of work in the middle frame to make this victory as comfortable as it was for the Lightning. First Period8:46 TB Bjorkstrand (20), (Raddysh, Point)10:57 NYI Horvat … Read more
Crunch snatch two of the biggest points of the season thus far. SYR-3ROC-2 (OT) Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 27 shots for the OT victory. He went 2-1-0 with Tomkins shelved on a massively important back-to-back-to-back weekend. Came up big in a big moment. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period6:35 ROC Ostlund (18), (unassisted)13:05 ROC … Read more
Furious comeback falls short. ROC-4SYR-2 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period7:30 ROC Brannstrom (8), (Jobst, Ostlund)9:47 ROC Warren (9), (Wahlberg, Komarov) Second Period3:51 Murray (24), (Johnson, Ostlund) Third Period2:01 SYR Dumont (1), (Crozier, Korczak)16:22 SYR Geekie (7), (Pouliot, Sheary)(PP)19:56 ROC Ostlund (17), (Murray, Rousek)(EN) Gabriel Dumont was the … Read more
Lightning hang on for another critical win. NYI-3TB-5 Jonas Johansson allowed three goals on 38 shots for the victory. Played really well the first 40 minutes before allowing the Islanders to pull as close as the false hope goal. But, to his credit, he made a couple of big stops at the end to keep … Read more
Halverson gets the whole shutout. UTI-0SYR-1 Brandon Halverson stopped all 20 shots he faced for his fifth shutout victory of the season. He shook off the ill effects of that tough start with Tampa Bay quickly, to his credit. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period19:39 SYR Geekie (6), (Sheary, Duke)(PP) Third PeriodNO SCORING Halverson and Conor … Read more
Vengeful snowman in McDonagh’s 1,000th game. UTA-0TB-8 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 25 shots he faced for the shutout victory. Brian Engblom behaved himself and didn’t jinx it. Kudos. First Period1:30 TB Guentzel (35), (Kucherov, McDonagh)4:20 TB Hedman (13), (Moser, Hagel) Second Period5:05 TB Goncalves (5), (Lilleberg, Gourde)9:14 TB Kucherov (32), (Point, Raddysh)17:54 TB Guentzel (36), … Read more
Grumpy Lightning pummel the remains of the Pittsburgh Penguins. PIT-1TB-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 15 shots for the victory. I blame the lost shutout on Brian Engblom who didn’t mention the s-word directly, but used a euphemism for it on the broadcast in the Third Period. Former defenseman. C’mon man. First Period12:13 TB … Read more