NHL Game Night: 2-1-19 Lightning at Islanders
Vasilevskiy remains a giant in games after losses.
TB-1
NYI-0 (SO)
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 36 shots he faced in regulation and OT before blanking 3-of-3 in the penalty shot session for the SO victory. He goes to another level in games after losses and you had a better chance of seeing a Sasquatch than you did of seeing Andrei get scored on tonight.
First Period
NO SCORING
Second Period
NO SCORING
Third Period
NO SCORING
Overtime
NO SCORING
Shootout
TB- Hedman
NYI- NONE
Vasilevskiy and Victor Hedman were the game's first and third stars. For my money, the best non-goaltender in tonight's game was Brayden Point, though.
What a physical, grinding, tough match that was. This was a good type of game to be in the second half of a season trending toward the playoffs. All that said, that officiating was pretty special. If you believe the Lightning really only drew one penalty despite the possession advantage they had in this game against a slower team, I've got a bridge to sell you where the Islanders used to play.
Adam Erne had 2 hits in 10:00.
Erik Cernak had 4 shots and 4 hits in 21:15.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.