On Friday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0. The Lightning have now improved to 12-4-3 on the year. Meanwhile, Seattle has struggled with a 6-13-1 record.
Game Recap
To quickly begin the game, just under three minutes in, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored. It was Bellemare’s first of the season, and as a Bolt, gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. The Lightning dominated the rest of the first, while outshooting the Kraken 13-7.
Quickly to begin the middle frame, Ross Colton collected another goal for Tampa Bay. This improved the score to 2-0. Later in the period, Morgan Geekie (SEA) and Mikhail Sergachev (TB) each received penalties at different times. Both of their teams were successful in killing the penalty. The second period was fairly even as Seattle outshot the Lightning 7-5.
In the third period, the Kraken and Lightning each took a penalty respectively. On both penalties, their opponent could not convert on the power play. Later, however, Steven Stamkos was set up in his office for his famous one-timer. Stamkos’ goal, his 11th on the year, increased the lead to 3-0. The clock ticked down as Tampa continued to dominate leading to their 3-0 win.
On Tuesday night, Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded a shutout in a 4-0 win versus Philadelphia. Tonight, the Russian recorded another with this being a 17-save shutout.
Takeaways/Notes
- Amalie Arena honored two important people who were once members of the franchise Friday night. First, Tampa Bay honored Rick Peckham, the former Lightning play-by-play announcer. Second, Yanni Gourde, a two-time Stanley Cup champion for the Lightning made his return to Amalie. He was claimed by Seattle in the offseason during the Expansion Draft.
- Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his 200th career win on Friday. He is second in the fewest games to 200 wins with 318 games. Sitting in front of him is Montreal Canadien Hall of Fame Ken Dryden with 200 wins in 309 games.
- Since Vasilevskiy’s debut, only two goalies have had more shutouts than him. Those two goalies are Tuuka Rask and Marc-Andre Fleury.
- The Kraken suffered their first shutout loss in franchise history.
Up Next
Tampa Bay will hit the road next for a two-game road trip, starting Sunday. On Sunday, Tampa Bay will play the Wild in Minnesota, with puck drop scheduled for 2:00 PM EST.
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