Crunch outmatched in second preseason tilt. SYR-2ROC-5 Hugo Alnefelt allowed five goals on 38 shots. It’ll take some time for him to turn the corner. First Period5:31 SYR Jones (1), (Morand, Walcott)7:03 ROC Malone (1), (Quinn, Weissbach)16:52 ROC Murray (1), (MacInnis, Mersch)19:04 ROC Murray (2), (Pekar, Fitzgerald) Second Period8:59 ROC MacInnis (1), (Laaksonen, Schuldt)(PP)10:27 ROC … Read more
Lagace misses a shutout by 5 seconds as Cruch handle business in preseason debut. UTI-1SYR-2 Maxime Lagace allowed one goal on 21 shots for the victory. First Period4:20 SYR Element (1), (Koepke)18:08 SYR Dumont (1), (Fortier) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period19:55 UTI DiTomaso (1), (Vukojevic, Greer) Sean Day, Gabriel Dumont, and Lagace were the game’s … Read more
Lightning beat Panthers in another series. Delightful. TB-4FLA-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 47 shots for the victory. Best in the world. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period4:51 FLA Connaughton (1), (Huberdeau, Tippett)7:31 TB Killorn (1), (Stamkos, Cirelli)7:58 FLA Reinhart (1), (Verheaghe, Barkov) Third Period1:00 TB Point (1), (Cernak, Palat)12:04 TB Maroon (1), (Perry, Palat)(PP)14:01 … Read more
Lightning remind little brother who the champs are. FLA-2TB-6 Brian Elliott allowed two goals on 23 shots for the victory. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period3:25 TB Cirelli (1), (Sergachev)9:49 FLA Thornton (1), (Tippett, Duclair)10:21 TB Perry (1), (unassisted)17:36 TB Perry (2), (Sergachev) Third Period0:20 TB Stamkos (1), (Kucherov, Point)(PP)0:46 TB Stamkos (2), (Kucherov, Point)(PP)12:19 FLA … Read more
Panthers get beat up in meaningless preseason win. FLA-3TB-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 28 shots for the loss. First Period5:30 FLA Vatrano (4), (Marchment, Ekblad) Second Period16:40 TB Bellemare (1), (Maroon) Third Period2:23 FLA Tippett (1), (unassisted)9:12 FLA Tippett (2), (Huberdeau, Bennett)18:45 TB Sergachev (1), (Raddysh)(PP) It’s adorable watching Panther Nation puff out … Read more
Thankfully these games mean nothing. TB-1NSH-6 Brian Elliott allowed six goals on 27 shots for the loss. First Period1:46 NSH Carrier (1), (Novak) Second Period13:52 NSH Olivier (1), (McCarron, Luff)16:37 TB Katchouk (1), (unassisted)18:51 NSH Cousins (1), (Grimaldi, Fabbro)19:40 NSH Kunin (1), (Granlund, Josi)(PP) Third Period11:11 NSH Tomasino (1), (Carrier, Cousins)(PP)16:24 NSH Grimaldi (1), (Cousins, … Read more
Lightning explode in final frame to build a snowman. CAR-5TB-8 Hugo Alnefelt allowed five goals on 44 shots for the victory. Not his best game, but he fought through it. First Period6:31 CAR Stepan (1), (Keane, Cotton)11:54 TB Palat (1), (Point, Kucherov)14:37 CAR Smallman (1), (Smith, Suzuki) Second Period6:33 CAR Martinkook (1), (Stepan)11:42 TB Fortier … Read more
Shorthanded Lightning take one on the chin from Nashville. NSH-6TB-2 Brian Elliot allowed three goals on 14 shots for the loss before giving way to Amir Miftakhov who allowed three on 17 shots the rest of the way. First Period3:38 NSH Duchene (1), (Harpur, Forsberg)16:27 TB Cirelli (1), (Stamkos, McDonagh)(PP)19:31 NSH Forsberg (1), (Johansen, Harpur) … Read more
Tampacuse hangs tough against Hurricanes vets. TB-1CAR-3 Maxime Lagace allowed three goals on 32 shots for the loss. First Period9:07 CAR Kotkaniemi (1), (Trocheck, Teravainen)(PP)17:01 CAR Teravainen (1), (DeAngelo, Kotkaniemi)(PP) Second Period2:42 CAR Drury (1), (Rees, Noesen)3:47 TB Barre-Boulet (1), (Katchouk, Ryfors) Third PeriodNO SCORING After surrendering a couple of power play goals to the … Read more
With the Lightning not holding a draft pick until the final selection in the third round this year and the compressed schedule that lumped the Seattle Expansion Draft and the Entry Draft so close to the team’s successful title defense, it’s been an oddly subdued draft year for the Lightning. That’s compounded by the oddity … Read more