Vasilevskiy

Lightning finally lose, but they made you care

May 27, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. The wounds are fresh now. The heartache is brand new. The couch is freshly kicked and who knows where you threw the remote control. But when it all over, when the sting has subsided and reason returns to your living room, what will you think then? How will you remember this Tampa […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Penguins, playoffs, Vasilevskiy

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Lightning can’t stop Pittsburgh’s dangerous offense

May 19, 2016 general

Thursday, 5:30 a.m. Is this how it ends, in a hail of bullets, with the Lightning unable to match the offense of the Pittsburgh Penguins? Is this how the door closes, with a swarm of bees, with a goaltender desperately trying to swat the odds around from his face? Is this how the season closes, […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Pittsburgh, playoffs, Vasilevskiy

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Vasilevskiy can give the Lightning a huge lead

May 16, 2016 general

Sunday 6 a.m. It is his job now. It is his net. For the time being, it is his team. Imagine Andrei Vasilevskiy. Imagine the pressure. Imagine walking through the locker room and feeling the eyes follow you around the room. He is 21 years old, the age of a college junior, and one of […]

Tagged as: Goal, Lightning, Penguins, Vasilevskiy

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How much money is a winning goal worth?

January 28, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. Another lamp has been lit. Another winning goal has been notched. Another moment has been celebrated for Steven Stamkos. So how much does his offer increase? You wonder. Sitting high above the ice, was Steven Yzerman so impressed with Stamkos’ goal that he immediately upped his offer by $237? By $1,000? By […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Maple Leafs, Stamkos, Vasilevskiy

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Lightning go international in latest win

January 20, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. Once, there was distrust. Once, there was skepticism. Oh, it wasn’t that anyone doubted the talent of the Russian hockey player. Everyone agreed they were fast, and they were skilled, and they spoke the language of hockey. Still, a lot of coaches, and a lot of players, seemed to look differently at […]

Tagged as: Hockey, Lightning, Russians, Vasilevskiy

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Callahan lifts Lightning with shootout goal

January 2, 2016 general

  Saturday, 11:04 p.m. Ryan Callahan is not known for his moves. He is not known for his shot. He is not known for his scoring touch. Perhaps, just perhaps, it is time to introduce us to Callahan, the guy who absorbs the punishment to score. After all, it was Callahan who came in on […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Lighting, Lightning, Shootout, Vasilevskiy, Wild

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Lightning scoring comes up dry as Bishop sits out

June 11, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:22 a.m. You can sum it up like this: There was a Ben Bishop-sized hole in the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night. To most fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning, that’s how this one will be remembered. Period. It doesn’t matter that rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy played well. It doesn’t matter that Chicago got only […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Johnson, Killorn, Kucherov, Lightning, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Vasilevskiy

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Resilient Lightning surge back to beat Chicago

June 6, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:53 p.m. Tampa Say this for the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning. They can take a punch. Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Garrison, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Stralman, Vasilevskiy

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To all fields: What if the Bucs are deadlocked?

March 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:40 a.m. At One Buc … Say Lovie Smith loves Marcus Mariota. A lot of people do. In Philadelphia, he’s the quarterback that everyone wants, largely because he played a bit for coach Chip Kelley. He won the head-to-head matchup by a lot. He won the Heisman. So it isn’t that far-fetched to think […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Bucs, Licht, Lovie, Mariota, Naimoli, Vasilevskiy, Winston

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Bishop, power play struggle in Bolts’ loss

March 26, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:28 p.m. TAMPA This round went to the kid. This round went to tomorrow. This time, the only man left standing for the Tampa Bay Lightning was Andrei Vasalevskiy, tomorrow’s goaltender. Check back with him in 2017 or so, because from the looks of it, he might be something. Today? Today, this is still […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Lightning, power play, Stamkos, Vasilevskiy

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