Offense dries up as road trip disaster concludes. TB-1ANA-4 Jonas Johansson allowed three goals on 25 shots for the loss. Held the team close for a long time, but never got the goal support. First Period5:24 ANA Terry (14), (Strome, Vatrano)17:03 ANA Vatrano (10), (Trouba, Terry) Second Period9:12 TB Guentzel (21), (Kucherov, Point)(PP) Third Period16:26 … Read more
Small mistakes extend losing streak to three. TB-1LA-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 21 shots for the loss. First Period1:09 TB Hedman (5), (Point, Guentzel)7:58 LA Anderson (5), (Danault) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period14:12 LA Kempe (19), (Turcotte) The Lightning actually outshot the Kings 34-21 in the game and controlled the vast majority of … Read more
Shorthanded Crunch manage to steal a point. LV-3SYR-2 (OT) Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 29 shots for the OT loss. First Period8:06 LV Gendron (10), (Abols)17:40 LV Grans (4), (Andrae, Wisdom) Second Period18:52 SYR Ylonen (7), (Teasdale, Walford) Third Period19:43 SYR Fortier (5), (Pouliot, Ylonen) Overtime2:02 Furry (3), (Belpedio) Jesse Ylonen was the game’s … Read more
Makeshift Crunch lineup manufactures two points thanks to Tomkins. BEL-2SYR-3 Matt Tomkins allowed two goals on 43 shots for the victory. After a somewhat rocky start to his year he’s now 5-3-1 with 1 SO, a 2.81 GAA, and a .907 sv%. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period4:27 SYR Ylonen (6), (Walcott)5:59 SYR Crozier (3), (Edmonds, … Read more
Two straight bad results. TB-1SJ-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period13:53 SJ Toffoli (15), (Vlasic, Rutta) Second Period12:55 SJ Ferraro (3), (Granlund)17:44 TB Cirelli (15), (Cernak, Hagel) Third PeriodNO SCORING Shots were an even 25-25. I get it’s the first game of a long roadie but also losing … Read more
Halverson leads Crunch to massive win to start the year. SYR-2TOR-0 Brandon Halverson stopped all 28 shots he faced to outduel Matt Murray for the SO victory. Halverson’s numbers are now a gaudy 10-4-4 on the campaign with 4 SO (tied for league lead), a 1.70 GAA (tops in the league) and a .937 save … Read more
Bad habits bite shorthanded Lightning. MTL-5TB-2 Jonas Johansson allowed four goals on 35 shots for the loss. Not a master class in defending in front of him tonight. First Period12:07 MTL Newhook (7), (Matheson, Laine) Second Period0:37 TB Hagel (17), (unassisted)12:34 MTL Dvorak (3), (Guhle, Carrier)18:28 MTL Evans (10), (Armia)18:54 TB Kucherov (17), (Point, Raddysh) … Read more
Lightning sink the garbage scow that is the SS Blue Shirts. NYR-2TB-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 44 shots for the victory. Score effects happened to the shot totals. First Period2:27 TB Kucherov (16), (Point, Guentzel)9:23 NYR Panarin (16), (Trocheck, Fox)18:11 TB McDonagh (1), (Cirelli)(SH) Second Period3:35 TB Point (23), (Kucherov)5:02 TB Cirelli (14), … Read more
Crunch complete a big weekend sweep. SYR-5LAV-2 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 23 shots for the victory. He’s now 9-4-4 with 3 SO, a 1.80 GAA, and .933 sv%. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period2:09 LAV Simoneau (3), (Condotta, Engstrom)8:25 SYR Szturc (4), (Ylonen, Crozier)(PP)17:45 SYR Ylonen (5), (Sheary, Brown)18:59 SYR Crozier (2), (Sheary) Third … Read more
Big Crunch win in a usual house of horrors. SYR-4LAV-1 Matt Tomkins allowed one goal on 23 shots for the victory. Three of his last four appearances have been quality starts and he’s raised his season sv% above the goaltending Mendoza line to .901 for the season. I think the brief recall to Tampa may … Read more