Lightning Round: AHL season can’t wait for Canada
The Canadian Division might start next weekend instead.
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LAVAL, QC - JANUARY 22: Syracuse Crunch right wing Mathieu Joseph (7) skates around Laval Rocket center Kevin Lynch (39) with the puck during the Syracuse Crunch versus the Laval Rocket game on January 22, 2020, at Place Bell in Laval, QC
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The AHL season in America is set to begin this weekend (Feb. 5th) with the Syracuse Crunch having their first game of the season on Saturday against the Utica Comets at 7:00 pm. You can watch the game streaming for free along with all 19 games during the opening weekend on AHL.tv.
Stamkos, Gourde lead Lightning to 5-2 victory over Predators
By ERIK ERLENDSSONFebruary 2, 2021 GMT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Steven Stamkos’ goal made him the franchise leader in power-play points, Yanni Gourde scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning remained perfect on home ice with a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.
Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat also scored for the Lightning. Stamkos’ goal in the second gave him 301 points on the power play to pass Marty St. Louis for most in team history.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves as Tampa Bay improved to 4-0 at home.
“We knew they were going to push early in the game, we matched up their intensity and we played physical,” Gourde said. “That was our key.’’
After four Predator penalties to begin the second, Stamkos scored his own goal on a power-play to put the Lightning up 4-0.
The Predators did not go down without a fight though. Nashville began the third with two quick goals. Eeli Tolvanen picked up the first goal with a perfectly placed shot that rendered Vasilevskiy pretty much useless. It was also Tolvanen’s first goal since December 2018.
Nashville struck again just a few minutes later. This time the goal came from Mikhail Granlund who captured control of a loose puck. Gourde rounded out the game for the Lightning with an empty-net goal coming with just 16 seconds left.
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