Tampa Bay grinds out a win against outmatched Chicago. TB-4CHI-1 Brian Elliott allowed one goal on 26 shots for the victory. Had a lot of work to do in the First Period. Could’ve played in a hammock the final 40 minutes. First Period4:50 CHI Jones (2), (Raddysh, Domi)11:24 TB Maroon (2), (Hedman) Second PeriodNO SCORING … Read more

Lightning end 2022 by crushing Arizona. ARI-3TB-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 31 shots for the victory. First Period6:12 ARI Boyd (4), (Keller)6:46 ARI Fischer (7), (Ritchie, Hayton)10:53 TB Point (21), (Kucherov) Second Period10:44 TB Sergachev (6), (Point, Hedman)11:12 TB Stamkos (17), (Hedman, Kucherov)(PP)12:44 ARI Bjugstad (9), (Crouse)18:59 TB Killorn (11), (unassisted) Third Period4:26 … Read more

Laval continues to be a house of horrors for Syracuse. SYR-1LAV-5 Jack LaFontaine allowed four goals on 27 shots for the loss. First Period10:23 SYR Carlile (5), (Walcott) Second Period1:06 LAV Harvey-Pinard (11), (Dello, Belzile)9:51 LAV Teasdale (5), (Trudeau, Abbandonato) Third Period8:03 LAV Pitlick (3), (Norlinder, Ylonen)(PP)10:57 LAV Belzile (5), (Ylonen, Pitlick)(PP)19:18 LAV Galipeau (2), … Read more

Like a heavyweight fight that went the distance. NYR-1TB-2 (SO) Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 46 shots before stopping four of five in the penalty shot session for the SO victory. He’s starting to get on a heater. First Period12:45 NYR Zibanejad (16), (unassisted) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period5:32 TB Point (20), (Stamkos, Kucherov) … Read more

Lightning dominate Habs in first game back from break. MTL-1TB-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 26 shots for the victory. It’s a shame he couldn’t finish off the SO, which was the lone blemish on the night. First Period1:55 TB Killorn (10), (Hedman)14:09 TB Point (18), (Kucherov, Sergachev)(PP) Second Period16:00 Point (19), (unassisted) Third … Read more

An inauspicious return to the ice for Max Lagace. SYR-3LAV-6 Lagace allowed five goals on 19 shots for the loss. He was relieved by Jack LaFontaine who allowed one goal on 14 shots in the final frame. First Period5:04 LAV Pitlick (2), (unassisted)10:01 LAV Teasdale (5), (Abbandonato, Bourque)16:36 LAV Schueneman (4), (Bourque, Teasdale) Second Period6:11 … Read more

Lightning blunder their way into holiday break. TB-4DET-7 Brian Elliott allowed five goals on 29 shots for the loss. He was bad tonight. I count two goals where he was grossly off positionally and there was of course one puckhandling gaffe that also led to a goal against. I don’t want to bag on the … Read more

Rocket get Jack’ed. LAV-1SYR-2 Ex-University of Minnesota star Jack LaFontaine allowed just one goal on 32 shots for the win in his first start for the Crunch. First Period4:39 SYR Smith (11), (Goncalves, Dumont)5:50 SYR Edmonds (2), (Robert, Koepke) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period19:17 LAV Harvey-Pinard (10), (Pitlick, Beaudin) LaFontaine, Lucas Edmonds, and Gemel Smith … Read more

Lightning undergo a little stock correction in Toronto. TB-1TOR-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 38 shots for the loss. He gave the team in front of him a chance, but getting outshot 40-19 as a club just isn’t good enough. First Period16:45 TOR Bunting (8), (Nylander) Second Period1:01 TOR Matthews (17), (Sandin, Marner)(PP) Third … Read more

Lightning end third segment of season dismantling lowly Montreal. TB-5MTL-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 23 shots for the win. First Period2:57 TB Hagel (11), (Cole, Cernak)11:39 TB Paul (13), (Perbix, Stamkos) Second Period9:26 TB Cirelli (1), (Perry, Kucherov)(PP)17:47 TB Hagel (12), (Hedman, Stamkos)(PP) Third Period0:16 MTL Suzuki (15), (Guhle)18:01 TB Kucherov (12), (Hagel) … Read more