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Yanni Gourde scored the lone goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves for his 5th career playoff shutout as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 to win their best-of-seven series 4-3 to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight year.
A shot from Sebastian Aho on the power play went off of Carolina captain Jordan Staal and past Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy 5:57 into overtime as the Hurricanes defeated the Lightning 3-2 on Thursday night at Amalie Arena. The Lightning still lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.
Patrick Maroon, Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point & Alex Killorn each scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves for his second career playoff shutout as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers 4-0 in Game 6 on Wednesday night to win their first-round playoff matchup 4-2
By Jay Recher @jayRecher Blake Coleman scored two goals and Curtis McElhinney made 24 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Thursday night at Amalie Arena. Coleman put the Lightning on the board at the 14:51 mark of the 2nd period after the Lightning were trailing 1-0 and then put an exclamation point on the victory with an empty-net goal from his own zone with 24.8 seconds left to seal the deal for Tampa Bay. It didn't start out pretty for the Bolts, with the Blue Jackets cashing in after a cross-checking call on Palat at the 8:57 mark of the...
By Jay Recher @jayRecher In order for the Lightning to get back to their winning ways, they needed their big guys to step up. And that's exactly what they did. Victor Hedman scored 54 seconds into overtime & Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves as the Lightning defeated the Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night at Amalie Arena. Hedman came in all alone on Florida goaltender Chris Driedger in the extra period and made a quick deke before scoring & sending the Lightning fans home happy. Vasilevskiy had to be sharp early, making a save on a Jonathan Huberdeau breakaway after a pass through the middl...