NHL Game Night: 4-5-25 Lightning at Sabres

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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

AHL Game Day: 4-5-25 Crunch at Marlies

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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

AHL Game Night: 4-4-25 Marlies at Crunch

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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

NHL Game Night: 4-3-25 Lightning at Senators

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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

AHL Game Night: 4-2-25 Crunch at Senators

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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

NHL Game Night: 4-1-25 Lightning at Islanders

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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

AHL Game Day: 3-30-25 Crunch at Americans

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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

AHL Game Night: 3-29-25 Americans at Canal Mules

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Furious comeback falls short. ROC-4SYR-2 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period7:30 ROC Brannstrom (8), (Jobst, Ostlund)9:47 ROC Warren (9), (Wahlberg, Komarov) Second Period3:51 Murray (24), (Johnson, Ostlund) Third Period2:01 SYR Dumont (1), (Crozier, Korczak)16:22 SYR Geekie (7), (Pouliot, Sheary)(PP)19:56 ROC Ostlund (17), (Murray, Rousek)(EN) Gabriel Dumont was the … Read more

NHL Game Day: 3-29-25 Islanders at Lightning

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Lightning hang on for another critical win. NYI-3TB-5 Jonas Johansson allowed three goals on 38 shots for the victory. Played really well the first 40 minutes before allowing the Islanders to pull as close as the false hope goal. But, to his credit, he made a couple of big stops at the end to keep … Read more

AHL Game Night: 3-28-25 Comets at Crunch

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Halverson gets the whole shutout. UTI-0SYR-1 Brandon Halverson stopped all 20 shots he faced for his fifth shutout victory of the season. He shook off the ill effects of that tough start with Tampa Bay quickly, to his credit. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period19:39 SYR Geekie (6), (Sheary, Duke)(PP) Third PeriodNO SCORING Halverson and Conor … Read more