Lightning turn up the effort and finally get some puck luck. TB-4CAR-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 2 goals on 36 shots for the victory. His situational saves were the difference in the contest, and arguably are the one big advantage the Lightning have over Carolina with Tampa Bay down Kucherov and Cirelli. First Period13:27 CAR Fast … Read more
Lightning fans feel like the sky is falling. TB-0CAR-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 3 goals on 27 shots for the loss. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period2:19 FLA Trocheck (9), (Niederreiter, Necas)15:30 FLA Aho (6), (Svechnikov) Third Period3:12 CAR Paquette (2), (Bean, Martinook)17:41 CAR Svechnikov (7), (Aho, McGinn)(EN) After losing three of the last four, I know … Read more
Tokarski holds off Crunch. RCH-3SYR-2 Spencer Martin allowed 3 goals on 27 shots for the loss. First Period11:19 RCH Jones (1), (Murray, Dea) Second Period11:18 RCH Murray (2), (Smith, Bryson)13:46 SYR Keeper (1), (Somppi, Priskie)18:15 SYR Denisenko (2), (Raddysh)(PP) Third Period10:01 RCH Scarfo (1), (Mersch, Jones) Brady Keeper was the game’s second star. The Crunch … Read more
Short of forwards, Crunch struggle in Utica. SYR-2UTI-5 Samuel Montambeault allowed 4 goals on 19 shots for the loss. First Period14:50 UTI Gadjovich (2), (Lockwood, Tucker) Second Period10:08 UTI Santini (1), (Anas, Baertschi)14:00 UTI Walker (1), (Anas, Reinke)(PP) Third Period4:13 UTI Joshua (1), (McGing, Stevens)7:40 SYR Huntington (1), (McDonnell)(PP)10:33 SYR Semykin (1), (Huntington)19:38 UTI Gadjovich … Read more
Second Period defensive collapse burns Tampa Bay. FLA-6TB-4 Curtis McElhinney allowed 6 goals on 21 shots. The stat line says it all. First Period6:24 TB Stamkos (8), (Cernak, Palat)7:56 FLA Huberdeau (5), (Hornqvist, Weegar) Second Period4:59 FLA Tippett (1), (Luostarinen)8:39 FLA Vatrano (4), (unassisted)(PS)10:23 FLA Duclair (1), (Barkov, Verhaeghe)11:42 TB Volkov (2), (McDonagh)12:36 FLA Barkov … Read more
Sunrise might want to put those parade plans on hold. TB-6FLA-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 1 goal on 34 shots for the victory. He didn’t face a steady volume of Grade A chances like he saw in the last outing, but the ones he saw he dispensed with and made it look easy in the process. … Read more
Syracuse fails to hold onto a point in wild Third Period. WBS-5SYR-4 Samuel Montambeault allowed 5 goals on 28 shots for the loss. First Period0:46 WBS Drozg (1), (Zohorna, Lizotte)15:31 SYR Barre-Boulet (2), (Witkowski, Huntington) Second Period6:40 WBS Berger (1), (Gruden, Olson)19:36 WBS Olson (1), (Reilly, Berger) Third Period2:10 SYR Denisenko (1), (Day, Heponiemi)3:55 SYR … Read more
Stock correction in Sunrise as Lightning get outworked by little brother. TB-2FLA-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 4 goals on 28 shots for the loss. First Period8:56 FLA Vatrano (2), (Tippett, Luostarinen) Second Period8:31 FLA Wennberg (3), (Huberdeau, Hornqvist)10:55 TB Point (5), (Palat, Hedman)(PP)12:54 FLA Ekblad (4), (Yandle, Barkov)(PP)14:55 FLA Verhaeghe (7), (Wennberg, Ekblad) Third Period0:54 TB … Read more
Syracuse climbs out of a 3-0 hole to force OT. SYR-3RCH-4 (OT) Samuel Montambeault allowed 4 goals on 26 shots for the OT loss. First Period1:48 RCH Elie (1), (Laaksonen, Smith)17:49 RCH Murray (1), (Oglevie, Ruotsalainen)(PP) Second Period1:57 RCH Elie (2), (Laaksonen, Dea)4:25 SYR Katchouk (1), (Heponiemi, Thomas) Third Period0:26 SYR Colton (1), (Stillman, Barre-Boulet)11:50 … Read more
Lightning continue Nashville dominance thanks in part to the eye in the sky. It never lies. TB-6NSH-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed a goal on 33 shots for the win. He may have a hard time NOT winning the Vezina Trophy in this turribad division. First Period4:43 NSH Grimaldi (2), (Malone, Jarnkrok)11:28 TB Stamkos (6), (Point, Sergachev)12:31 … Read more