Halverson leads Crunch to massive win to start the year. SYR-2TOR-0 Brandon Halverson stopped all 28 shots he faced to outduel Matt Murray for the SO victory. Halverson’s numbers are now a gaudy 10-4-4 on the campaign with 4 SO (tied for league lead), a 1.70 GAA (tops in the league) and a .937 save … Read more
Bad habits bite shorthanded Lightning. MTL-5TB-2 Jonas Johansson allowed four goals on 35 shots for the loss. Not a master class in defending in front of him tonight. First Period12:07 MTL Newhook (7), (Matheson, Laine) Second Period0:37 TB Hagel (17), (unassisted)12:34 MTL Dvorak (3), (Guhle, Carrier)18:28 MTL Evans (10), (Armia)18:54 TB Kucherov (17), (Point, Raddysh) … Read more
Lightning sink the garbage scow that is the SS Blue Shirts. NYR-2TB-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 44 shots for the victory. Score effects happened to the shot totals. First Period2:27 TB Kucherov (16), (Point, Guentzel)9:23 NYR Panarin (16), (Trocheck, Fox)18:11 TB McDonagh (1), (Cirelli)(SH) Second Period3:35 TB Point (23), (Kucherov)5:02 TB Cirelli (14), … Read more
Crunch complete a big weekend sweep. SYR-5LAV-2 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 23 shots for the victory. He’s now 9-4-4 with 3 SO, a 1.80 GAA, and .933 sv%. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period2:09 LAV Simoneau (3), (Condotta, Engstrom)8:25 SYR Szturc (4), (Ylonen, Crozier)(PP)17:45 SYR Ylonen (5), (Sheary, Brown)18:59 SYR Crozier (2), (Sheary) Third … Read more
Big Crunch win in a usual house of horrors. SYR-4LAV-1 Matt Tomkins allowed one goal on 23 shots for the victory. Three of his last four appearances have been quality starts and he’s raised his season sv% above the goaltending Mendoza line to .901 for the season. I think the brief recall to Tampa may … Read more
And to all a good night… except for Sunrise fans. Hope you all drive off the side of a tall bridge. TB-4FLA-0 Jonas Johansson(!) stopped all 36 shots he faced for the SO victory. After seemingly facing some serious jeopardy of losing the backup job earlier in the year, he’s now had three really high … Read more
Good game gets flushed in a blink. FLA-4TB-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period15:51 FLA Reinhart (21), (Ekblad, Tkachuk)19:55 TB Paul (8), (Hedman, Raddysh) Second Period10:28 FLA Greer (4), (Nosek)(SH)11:10 FLA Luostarainen (5), (unassisted)(SH) Third Period3:26 TB Point (22), (Guentzel, Raddysh)19:29 FLA Reinhart (22), (Lundell, Barkov)(EN) Brayden Point … Read more
Offense fizzles at Rochester. SYR-1ROC-3 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period0:44 ROC Novikov (3), (Neuchev, Helenius) Second Period3:14 ROC Slaggert (6), (Dunne)(SH) Third Period11:39 SYR Carlile (2), (Brown, Ylonen)18:16 ROC Neuchev (5), (Jobst, Murray)(EN) The Crunch were outshot 26-23 in the game, and in a low-scoring, low-event contest … Read more
Lightning close out third segment of the season well. STL-1TB-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 32 shots for the victory. Made it all look easy. First Period5:14 TB Cirelli (13), (Geekie, Hagel) Second Period3:42 TB Perbix (4), (Kucherov, Point)12:15 STL Buchnevich (9), (Thomas, Fowler)13:33 TB Goncalves (1), (Kucherov) Third PeriodNO SCORING Vasilvesky, Gage Goncalves, … Read more
Crunch win is no tall tale. SYR-5ROC-2 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 33 shots for the victory. First Period10:29 SYR Sheary (6), (Ylonen)18:16 ROC Murray (12), (Novikov, Komarov) Second Period11:31 SYR Duke (10), (Ylonen)13:43 SYR Brown (2), (Santini)14:56 ROC Rosen (12), (Kozak)17:57 SYR Fortier (3), (Finley, Walcott) Third Period16:55 SYR Duke (11), (Ylonen)(EN) Logan … Read more