Holiday beatings from the Crunch. BEL-1SYR-7 Brandon Halverson allowed one goal on 40 shots for the win. He raised his season save percentage to a gaudy .945 on the campaign. First Period10:05 BEL Crookshank (9), (Halliday, Davies)(PP)11:47 SYR Allard (1), (Ylonen, Bisson)13:39 SYR Fortier (2), (Teasdale, Huuhtanen) Second Period10:37 SYR Duke (7), (Huuhtanen, Fortier)13:00 SYR … Read more

Lightning snowman the Avs to stay on playoff pace. COL-2TB-8 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 25 shots for the win, as he purified himself in the clear water of sweet sweet goal support. First Period5:41 TB Perbix (2), (unassisted)7:46 TB Guentzel (8), (Hagel, Kucherov)(PP)8:56 COL Ivan (4), (Nichushkin, Manson)10:03 TB Kucherov (12), (Hagel)13:15 TB … Read more

A point or two that got away. DAL-4TB-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 28 shots for the loss. First Period4:09 TB Cirelli (7), (Hagel, Chaffee)6:05 DAL Dadonov (6), (Lyubshkin, Steel)8:34 TB Cirelli (8), (Lilleberg, Hagel)15:49 DAL Heiskanen (3), (Duchene) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period6:55 DAL Duchene (11), (Seguin)7:53 DAL Hintz (8), (Johnston, Robertson)(PP) Anthony … Read more

Syracuse steals a hard point. HER-5SYR-4 (SO) Brandon Halverson allowed four goals on 36 shots before allowing one of four to convert in the PS session for the SO loss. First Period5:06 HER Cruikshank (1), (Priskie)18:52 HER Frank (12), (Hunt) Second Period15:59 SYR Huuhtanen (6), (Pouliot) Third Period2:01 HER Rybinski (4), (Leiverman, Trineyev)11:59 SYR Huutanen … Read more

Oof. Someone had to be the first. UTI-4SYR-3 Matt Tomkins allowed four goals on 33 shots for the loss. First Period3:36 UTI Schmelzer (1), (Casey, Beckman)(PP) Second Period2:41 UTI Beckman (3), (Hardman)10:13 SYR Ylonen (1), (Teasdale, Carlile)(PP) Third Period6:04 SYR Huuhtanen (5), (Brown, Pouliot)(PP)10:06 UTI Hardman (2), (White, Engaras)15:20 SYR Sheary (2), (Duke, Pouliot)18:47 UTI … Read more

Lightning cough up a point they shouldn’t have. TB-6CBJ-7 (OT) Jonas Johansson allowed seven goals on 43 shots for the OT loss. Ugly stat line, for sure, but this team has no excuse for allowing their backup to have to see 43 shots to begin with. First Period1:51 TB Point (11), (Kucherov, Guentzel)(PP)3:58 TB Hagel … Read more

Brayden Point’s return sparks big comeback victory. TB-3PIT-2 (OT) Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 19 shots for the victory. First Period12:05 PIT Puljujarvi (3), (Pettersson, Poulin) Second Period13:05 PIT Rakell (7), (Crosby, Grzelcyk)(PP) Third Period5:41 TB Point (9), (McDonagh, Raddysh)12:49 TB Cirelli (5), (Hedman, Raddysh) Overtime3:58 TB Point (10), (Moser, Geekie) Brayden Point and … Read more

Shutout night in the Lightning organization. NJ-0TB-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 29 shots he faced for his own shutout victory. First Period14:27 TB Paul (5), (Guentzel, Lilleberg) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period0:39 TB Raddysh (1), (Kucherov, Cirelli)7:40 TB Hedman (4), (Kucherov, Guentzel)(PP)19:48 TB Cirelli (4), (Hagel, Hedman)(EN) Vasilevskiy, Jake Guentzel, and Victor Hedman were the … Read more

Tomkins and the Crunch extend Utica’s misery. SYR-2UTI-0 Matt Tomkins stopped all 25 shots he faced for his first SO victory of the campaign. He raises his season mark to 3-4-0 with a 2.99 GAA and .892 save percentage. First Period2:08 SYR Duke (5), (unassisted) Second Period9:27 SYR Groshev (3), (Szturc)(SH) Third PeriodNO SCORING Tomkins … Read more

Crunch fall despite tall guy goals. LAV-4SYR-3 (SO) Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 43 shots before allowing one of three to convert in the PS session for the SO loss. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period1:41 SYR Brown (1), (Pouliot, Bisson)3:29 SYR Bisson (1), (Edmonds, Pouliot)5:44 LAV Davidson (5), (Farrell, Engstrom)(PP)6:16 LAV Davidson (6), (Dauphin, … Read more