Lightning let Florida off the canvas. TB-1FLA-4 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 3-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 37 shots for the loss. He played pretty well. Tonight wasn’t his fault. First Period0:53 TB Colton (2), (Coleman, McDonagh) Second Period6:19 FLA Weegar (1), (Huberdeau, Bennett)16:55 FLA Marchment (2), (Barkov, Weegar) Third Period0:35 FLA Holmqvist … Read more

Lightning emphatically dispose of classless, dirty, trash team to take commanding lead in series. FLA-2TB-6 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 3-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 41 shots for the victory. It’ll be overshadowed by the Third Period scum baggery of the Panthers, but Vasilevskiy was the biggest difference-maker in today’s game in a … Read more

Vasilevskiy and the Lightning let Florida off the hook. FLA-6TB-5 (OT) Tampa Bay Leads the Series 2-1 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed six goals on 47 shots for the loss. He was dreadful tonight. The tying goal in the Third Period is simply not a goal a NHL goaltender should allow on an unscreened shot from the … Read more

Veteran Lightning put upstart Panthers’ backs against the wall. TB-3FLA-1 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 2-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 33 shots for the victory. He was stronger in Game Two than in the series opener and made a few very timely saves, but I thought the team helped him with a pretty … Read more

Gritty Lightning take Florida’s best punch and steal Game One. TB-5FLA-4 Tampa Bay Leads the Series 1-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 39 shots for the victory. This wasn’t his best performance, but he made enough situational saves to keep the team in the game and allow them to pull it out for him. … Read more

Scrappy Crunch skeleton crew goes into Rochester to seal the season with a win. SYR-5ROC-3 Tyler Johnson (different dude) allowed three goals on 23 shots for the win. First Period2:13 SYR Somppi (12), (Priskie, Lohin)(PP)2:34 ROC Polino (3), (Mesch, Samuelsson)(SH)13:35 ROC Elie (10), (Gates Jr., DeSimone)(PP) Second Period15:03 SYR Bowlby (7), (Morand, Dureau) Third Period2:04 … Read more

Organization-wide power outage extends to Syracuse. SYR-0UTI-3 Spencer Martin allowed two goals on 30 shots for the loss. Can’t blame your goaltender when he doesn’t allow a thing for 45+ minutes. The goal support just wasn’t there tonight. First PeriodNO SCORING Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period5:17 UTI N. Stevens (5), (Jasek)15:30 UTI Alexandrov (3), (Jasek, … Read more

Lightning concede another skirmish with an eye on winning the war. TB-0FLA-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 30 shots for the loss. First Period15:19 FLA Weegar (6), (Marchment, Lammikko) Second Period8:23 FLA Lammikko (4), (unassisted)(SH) Third Period2:27 FLA Verhaeghe (18), (Duclair, Barkov)14:07 FLA Wennberg (17), (Gudas, Yandle) The Lightning once again held Victor Hedman … Read more

Cal Foote helps Syracuse close their home slate in style. UTI-2SYR-4 Spencer Martin allowed two goals on 37 shots for the victory. First Period10:44 SYR D. Stephens (5), (Pavlychev, Carlsson)16:26 UTI McGing (3), (Lockwood, Focht)(PP) Second Period2:31 SYR Abbandonato (5), (Day, Foote)(PP)8:22 SYR Bowlby (6), (Lohin) Third Period1:27 UTI Jasek (4), (unassisted)3:42 SYR Foote (1), … Read more

Undermanned Lightning can’t pull a miracle in Sunrise. TB-1FLA-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed five goals on 35 shots for the loss. He wasn’t sharp tonight, and I thought the semi-soft goal he allowed in the First Period really took the wind out of the team’s sails. First Period11:44 FLA Wennberg (14), (Forsling, Weegar) Second Period3:07 FLA … Read more