Game Night Results

This is a tough one to take.

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Ben Bishop allowed 3 goals on 27 shots for the loss. It's a tough way to lose on a strange goal that will no doubt stick in Bishop's craw for a little while.

First Period
13:45 NYI Grabner (12), (Tavares)

Second Period
04:44 TB Panik (2), (Lecavalier, Carle)

Third Period
04:00 TB Carle (4), (Stamkos, Pouliot)
13:34 NYI Martin (3), (Lee, Streit)
19:46 NYI MacDonald (3), (Bailey)(EN)

It's the first regulation loss of Jon Cooper's tenure in Tampa Bay. Matt Carle was named the game's third star.

Alex Killorn was -2 with 4 shots and 1 blocked shot in 22:02.

Matt Taormina had 4 hits and 1 blocked shot in 16:25. He's no Victor Hedman, but I thought he had a decent effort in his callup.

Tyler Johnson was -1 with 2 hits in 11:28.

Richard Panik hooked up with Vincent Lecavalier for a beautiful goal and was +1 with 1 shot and 10:08. The good was the quick release he showed on an amazing behind the back feed from Lecavalier. The bad came in the form of some questionable decisions Panik made with the puck in the neutral zone.

Radko Gudas was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 2 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 13:20. Tonight was one of the rare nights Radko looked to me to have heavy legs. I was surprised.

Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.

(4)Florida Everblades 5 vs. (5)Elmira Jackals 1
Quarterfinals: Florida leads the best-of-seven series 1-0

D Charles Landry, FLA: 0-0-0, +1, 0 SOG, 2 PIM (roughing)
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM
Season totals: 51 GP, 4-12-16, +7, 33 PIM

Florida had an early 2-0 cut in half late in the first period but never looked back, striking twice on the power play and adding a fifth tally over the course of the final two frames to close out Elmira in a penalty-filled first match of the opening round of playoff action. With plenty of support in the goal-scoring department, Everblades netminder Jesse Deckert was able to turn aside all but one of 30 Jackals shot attempts for what amounted to an impressive playoff debut following a stellar late-season run between the pipes. Though both teams racked up a total of 62 penalty minutes, many were off-setting, so only power plays were awarded between the two clubs. Elmira went 0-for-4 with the man-advantage while Florida went 2-for-5. Charles Landry, who won the ECHL's Kelly Cup with the Everblades last season, was the only Tampa Bay Lightning prospect in the lineup. Florida and Elmira will renew hostilities in Estero Saturday night.

Official Recap | Box Score

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

(8)Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6 @ (5)Quebec Remparts 1
Rouyn-Noranda leads best-of-7 second round series, 1-0

W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 1-1-2, E, 0 PIM, 4 SOG, 0 Hits, *Second Star*
Playoff totals: 6 GP, 4-7-11, +7, 4 PIM
Season totals: 33 GP, 29-34-63, +17, 14 PIM
With R-N: 27 GP, 26-27-53, +18, 12 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

Rouyn-Noranda was the only road team to win Game 1 in Round 2, defeating the Remparts in Quebec City, 6-1. The Huskies scored twice in each period. Kucherov was second star for the second game in a row. He had two goals and an assist in the Huskies’ clinching win in Round 1. Game 2 against Quebec is Saturday.

First round totals: 5 GP, 3-6-9, +7, 4 PIM

(10)Val-d’Or Foreurs 1 @ (3)Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 10
Blainville-Boisbriand leads best-of-7 second round series, 1-0

D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-0-0, -2, 6 PIM, 0 SOG, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 6 GP, 2-2-4, +3, 0 PIM
Season totals: 55 GP, 6-33-39, +20, 65 PIM

C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 2-2-4, +2, 0 PIM, 7 SOG, 0 Hit
Playoff totals: 6 GP, 4-5-9, +3, 4 PIM
Season totals: 63 GP, 27-56-83, +29, 103 PIM

Host Armada outshot the Foreurs, 42-17, en route to a 10-1 shellacking of the league’s 10-seed. Cedric Paquette (pictured) had two goals and four points for the Armada, who look to go up 2-0 in the series at home on Saturday.

Ontario Hockey League

(E3)Oshawa Generals 1 @ (E2)Barrie Colts 4
Barrie leads best-of-7 Eastern Conference Semifinals, 2-0

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 6 GP, 0-2-2, +3, 10 PIM
Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

Barrie had 22 shots in a second period as they outscored Oshawa, 3-1, in the middle frame and ended up beating the Gens, 4-1, in Game 2 of their second round series. Game 3 is Sunday in Oshawa. Mitchell Theriot (Islanders) had a hat trick for the Colts.

Bishop making Yzerman look like a genius.

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Ben Bishop stopped all 45 shots he faced for the shutout after being acquired from Ottawa in exchange for Cory Conacher. That's quite the debut for a goaltender who is the latest to be tasked with trying to close the gaping hole left since Nikolai Khabibulin shuffled off to Chicago many moons ago. I do like the deal Yzerman made. After a red hot first 7 games in the NHL, Conacher had cooled off greatly in the 28 games since and was not having the impact on a shift-to-shift basis some of the other rookies were having. He's not chopped liver, mind you, but he also was probably never going to have higher trade value and Yzerman knew that. Leveraging that asset for a true NHL goaltender is shrewd.

First Period
NO SCORING

Second Period
00:28 TB Purcell (8), (Carle)
15:55 TB Pyatt (8), (Killorn, Brewer)
19:17 TB Aulie (2), (Stamkos, St. Louis)

Third Period
02:24 TB St. Louis (9), (Pouliot, Carle)
07:30 TB Pouliot (7), (Stamkos, St. Louis)

Bishop, Martin St. Louis, and Benoit Pouliot were the game's three stars.

For anyone who thinks Victor Hedman isn't important to this team, look what happened tonight with him out with a lower body injury early. 45 shots against and Bishop really having to bust it to save the Lightning's bacon. Hurry back soon #77. Also, we'll see if Vincent Lecavalier manages to get back into the lineup too after also leaving in his return from the shelf. I did really like Coach Cooper's thought of putting the vet between two potential stars like Connolly and Panik, and I'd love to see them get back to it.

So it's not all roses in a 5-0 win, but good goaltending has a way of making everything look better.

Alex Killorn had a helper and was +2 with 2 shots and 1 blocked shot in 18:33.

Tyler Johnson had 3 hits and 1 blocked shot and was 40% on draws in 10:42.

Richard Panik had 2 shots and 1 hit in 13:28.

Radko Gudas was +1 with 4 penalty minutes, 4 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 20:34.

Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.