Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves to beat the New York Islanders 4-0 and earn the third shutout of his career, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s first shutout of the season. The Bolts accomplished the first regular season sweep of the New York Islanders (3-0-0) since the 2006-07 season (4-0-0). The aggregate score of the three contests (14-2) really shows the Lightning’s dominance over the Islanders.
Steven Stamkos (two assists) and Nikita Kucherov (goal, assist) had multi-point nights. Vasilevskiy did not have much work until the third period when he was deluged with 20 shots from New York, the most given up in a period by the Lightning this season.
[protected-iframe id=”3eb163c0541aa3e8307e575b68cccac8-114320562-46289989″ info=”https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/kucherov-nets-stamkos-slick-dish/t-283070050/c-46366603?autostart=false” width=”540″ height=”360″]Tampa Bay has now won seven in a row over the Isles.
Kucherov on sweeping the season series vs. the Islanders: “I wish we could play them more.”
Ryan Callahan scored his first of the season and Vladislav Namestnikov banged in his sixth.
J.T. Brown had a solid game, scoring a goal, winning a fight and dishing out three hits.
The Islanders outshot the Lightning 34-31. The Bolts were a dismal 0-5 on the power play.
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The Lightning travel to Detroit tomorrow to take on the Red Wings at 7:30.
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