Lightning choke the life out of Islanders to advance to Stanley Cup Final. NYI-0TB-1 Tampa Bay Wins the Series 4-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 18 shots he faced for his fourth straight series clinching shut out going back to last season’s Stanley Cup Final against Dallas. As good as Carey Price’s numbers have been on … Read more

Islanders survive a two goal deficit and Espo’s Rule to force Game Seven. TB-2NYI-3 (OT) Series Tied 3-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 28 shots for the OT loss. He didn’t look 100% settled tonight, but there weren’t any goals that were particularly soft. Still, the Lightning needed that one more situational save and … Read more

Tampa Bay opens the gates of hell on the Islanders. NYI-0TB-8 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 3-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout victory. Didn’t have a ton of work. Made what he had look pretty easy. First Period0:45 TB Stamkos (6), (Killorn, Cirelli)11:04 TB Gourde (4), (Coleman)15:27 TB Killorn … Read more

Disastrous Second Period leads to tied series. TB-2NYI-3 Series Tied 2-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 30 shots for the loss. None of the three goals were soft, but the Lightning really needed one more situational save in that Second Period to give themselves a chance. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period5:30 NYI Bailey (6), … Read more

Trotz got what he wanted and still lost. TB-2NYI-1 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 2-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 28 shots for the victory. Just another solid performance with all the big situational saves when needed. First Period10:05 TB Gourde (3), (Coleman, Cernak) Second Period17:01 NYI Clutterbuck (4), (Martin, Cizikas)19:40 TB Point (11), … Read more

Dominant Game Two performance allows the Lightning to knot the series. NYI-2TB-4 Series Tied 1-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals 26 shots for the victory. Made the key situational saves when he had to, and eventually was rewarded in the Third Period by some sweet, sweet goal support. First Period8:58 TB Point (10), (Kucherov, Savard)13:30 … Read more

Unfocused Lightning gift Islanders Game One. NYI-2TB-1 New York Leads the Series 1-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 31 shots for the loss. Generally, he played a decent game, but the second Islanders goal was soft and soft goals nearly always become the margin in a competitive hockey game. That’s a goal he simply … Read more

Vasilevskiy and the Lightning turn out the lights on the “Caniacs”. TB-2CAR-0 Tampa Bay Wins the Series 4-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 29 shots he faced for his third straight series-clinching shutout win going back to the Stanley Cup Final against Dallas last season. As is often the case, he made a handful of key … Read more

Thank you, Petr Mrazek. CAR-4TB-6 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 3-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 25 shots for the victory. Didn’t look great. Looked uncomfortable for large swaths of the game and allowed a bad angle howler for the fourth goal against. But, luckily, he looked like Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur combined … Read more

Lightning fall just short against desperate Hurricanes. CAR-3TB-2 (OT) Tampa Bay Leads the Series 2-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 3 goals on 27 shots for the loss. I can’t find extreme fault in any of the three goals, but from a situational save standpoint the Lightning have been getting that one extra key save from Vasiy … Read more