Hugo helps the Crunch snap their 3 game skid. SYR-2UTI-0 Hugo Alnefelt stopped all 18 shots he faced for the shutout victory. He improved his season mark to 4-2-2 with 2 shutouts, a 2.21 GAA, and a .908 save percentage. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period18:54 SYR Allard (2), (Koepke, Merala) Third Period7:14 SYR Element (4), … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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