Slow start condemns Lightning’s division title dreams. TOR-4TB-3 (OT) Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 31 shots for the OT loss. First Period1:13 TOR Marner (25), (Matthews)3:33 TOR Knies (27), (Matthews, Marner)18:58 TB Perbix (6), (Cirelli, Hagel) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period0:50 TB Bjorkstrand (21), (Kucherov, Hedman)(PP)2:03 TOR Knies (28), (Tavares, Marner)(PP)11:05 TB Hedman (15), … Read more
Max Crozier take Syracuse one step closer to the postseason. SYR-2UTI-1 (OT) Brandon Halverson allowed one goal on 23 shots for the victory. First Period11:36 SYR Groshev (6), (Allard, Angello) Second Period10:31 UTI Parent (15), (Schmelzer, Willman) Third PeriodNO SCORING Overtime0:38 SYR Crozier (9), (Sheary) Crozier and Halverson were the game’s first and second stars. … Read more
Vasiy’s better. TB-5NYR-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 40 shots for the victory and just about single handedly dirt-napped what little playoff hopes the Rangers had left. First Period13:09 TB Kucherov (34), (Point, Guentzel)(PP)13:45 TB Gourde (7), (Goncalves, Hedman)14:54 TB Point (40), (Guentzel, Kucherov)(PP) Second Period3:16 NYR Zibanejad (17), (Panarin, Miller)(PP) Third Period15:40 TB … Read more
Lightning road shakiness continues. TB-2BUF-3 (SO) Jonas Johansson allowed two goals on 38 shots before allowing two of three to convert on penalties for the SO loss. He was the only reason they got to the Shootout, so I’m not going to grade him too harshly. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period1:35 TB Point (39), (Kucherov)4:47 … Read more
Crunch all alone in third in North Division after big road win. SYR-3TOR-2 (SO) Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 24 shots before stopping all four players he saw in the penalty shot session for the SO win. Toronto got to Halverson early in the First Period and at the very tail end of the … Read more
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