Rochester draws first blood. SYR-2ROC-3 Rochester leads the series 1-0. First Period1:01 ROC Wahlberg (1), (Prow)13:38 ROC Ostlund (1), (Rousek, Neuchev)(PP) Second Period13:21 SYR Duke (1), (Walcott, Carlile) Third Period7:59 SYR Bellerive (1), (Walcott, Harpur)10:21 ROC Rosen (1), (Metsa, Novikov) Syracuse outshot Rochester 37-26, but Amerks starter Devon Levi was stout until Dylan Duke got … Read more

Gonna be a tough offseason. FLA-5TB-3 Sunrise Leads the Series 3-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 30 shots for the loss. First Period10:39 FLA Tkachuk (2), (Lundell, Verhaeghe) Second Period0:44 TB Stamkos (3), (Hedman, Kucherov)2:56 TB Motte (1), (Jeannot)9:58 FLA Reinhart (2), (Tarasenko, Montour)16:30 FLA Montour (1), (Lorentz, Okposo) Third Period9:41 FLA Lorentz (1), … Read more

Lightning finally awaken but still find their backs against the wall. TB-2FLA-3 (OT) Sunrise Leads the Series 2-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 37 shots for the OT loss. Again, this man deserved better than what the team in front of him gave him for support. There’s not another goaltender on earth who makes … Read more

Lightning waste a strong Vasilevskiy performance. TB-2FLA-3 Sunrise Leads the Series 1-0 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 27 shots for the loss. He deserved more goal support. First Period6:17 FLA Reinhart (1), (Forsling, Barkov)16:08 TB Hagel (1), (Cirelli, Stamkos) Second PeriodNO SCORING Third Period0:58 FLA Verhaeghe (1), (Barkov, Tkachuk)(PP)17:55 FLA Tkachuk (1), (Ekblad)(EN)19:50 TB … Read more

Syracuse whiffs their divisional pursuit. UTI-5SYR-2 Brandon Halverson allowed four goals on 17 shots for the loss. What a time for him to finally have a subpar performance. The Crunch’s goaltending and the health and availability of their skaters have become big issues in the final two to three weeks of the campaign. First Period2:03 … Read more

Crunch put themselves on the precipice of a division title. SYR-4UTI-3 Hugo Alnefelt allowed three goals on 13 shots before giving way to Brandon Halverson who stopped all 19 shots he faced the rest of the way for the win. The late season collapse of Hugo Alnefelt’s play, which also happened last season, is a … Read more

Kucherov joins hockey royalty while Auston Matthews does not. TOR-4TB-6 Matt Tomkins allowed four goals on 38 shots for the win. It’s a shame he allowed three goals in garbage time, but he also kept Auston Matthews from his 70th goal, which is a memory he can treasure for a lifetime. First Period3:58 TB Paul … Read more

And the race gets tighter still. SYR-1BEL-2 (SO) Brandon Halverson allowed one goal on 19 shots before allowing one of two to convert in the PS session for the SO loss. He’s played valiantly with Tomkins up top in Tampa Bay, but man the shootout is not his bag. First Period15:57 SYR Stephens (7), (Crozier, … Read more

Kucherov misses his big chance. BUF-2TB-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 34 shots for the loss. First Period1:26 BUF Cozens (17), (Quinn, Byram) Second Period2:27 TB Stamkos (40), (Kucherov)5:08 BUF Cozens (18), (Greenway)(SH)16:13 BUF Greenway (10), (Girgensons, Jost) Third Period9:39 TB Cernak (2), (Paul)9:54 BUF Benson (11), (Quinn, Cozens) Steven Stamkos was the game’s … Read more

Rematch has the same outcome. TOR-6SYR-5 (SO) Hugo Alnefelt allowed five goals on 19 shots before being lifted for Brandon Halverson in the Second Period. Halverson stopped all 12 shots he saw the rest of the way before allowing one of two to convert in the PS session for the OT loss. First Period1:41 TOR … Read more