Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his fourth shutout, Brandon Hagel notched a goal and an assist, and the hot Tampa Bay Lightning extended their season-best winning streak to seven games in a 3-0 blanking of the visiting Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak and Brandon Hagel scored to help Tampa Bay win its seventh consecutive game.
As the clock ticked under a minute remaining in the first period, Nikita Kucherov’s pass attempt on the power play bounced off a defenseman’s skate in front of the Calgary net and slipped through goalie Dustin Wolf for the 1-0 lead.
Brandon Hagel, coming off a Team Canada victory in the showcase event, gives Tampa Bay a spark with a shorthanded goal.
Radio broadcaster Dave Mishkin recaps Tampa Bay's 3-0 win over Calgary Once again, the Lightning defended at a high level. They limited opposition scoring chances and received timely saves from Andrei Vasilevskiy. It has been a formula that has worked well during their season-long seven-game winning streak.
In taking all three games of their homestand coming out of the 4 Nations Faceoff break, the Lightning (34-20-4, 72 points, third place in the Atlantic) have outscored opponents 11-2. Over their current nine-game point streak dating to Jan. 30, they’ve held opponents to an average of 1.67 goals a game.
TAMPA -- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames at Amalie Arena on Thursday. Vasilevskiy has won seven straight and is 9-2-1 in his past 12 starts. He has a .944 save percentage over the past seven games.
TAMPA -- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 4-1 win against the Seattle Kraken at Amalie Arena on Sunday. Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning (32-20-4), who have won five straight and are 6-0-1 in their past seven games.
The Flames got a stellar effort from Dustin Wolf, but fell to 1-1-0 on their season-long, six-game road swing after being defeated 3-0 by the Lightning in Tampa Bay. Nikita Kucherov's powerplay marker stood up as the game-winner, while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for the Lightning.
After starting their gruelling six-game road trip with a statement win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, things didn’t go as well for the Calgary Flames two nights later.
The Bolts pick up right where they left off and extend their winning streak to five games with a victory over Seattle
Nikita Kucherov had two assists and the streaking Tampa Bay Lightning beat Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers 4-1