Wednesday Sports in Brief
AUGUST 20, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY #88 - GOALTENDER - TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
2.32 GAA •
305 SV •
91.30% SV%
2.32 GAA
305 SV
91.30% SV%
Lightning, Bruins, Avalanche advance in Stanley Cup playoffs
AUGUST 19, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Point's OT winner lifts Lightning over Jackets 5-4 in Game 5
The Tampa Bay Lightning eliminated Columbus from the Stanley Cup playoffs in five games, rallying from a two-goal, third-period deficit before beating the Blue Jackets 5-4 on Brayd...AUGUST 19, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lightning beat Blue Jackets 2-1 to take 3-1 series lead
AUGUST 18, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Lightning push Blue Jackets to brink - The Boston Globe The goalie made 28 saves, while Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde scored as Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead on Columbus in their Eastern Conference...
AUGUST 17, 2020 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM
Lightning win 2-1, put Blue Jackets on brink of elimination
Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff seriesAUGUST 17, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lightning beat Blue Jackets to take 2-1 series lead
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven playoff seriesAUGUST 16, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bruins win without Rask, take 2-1 lead over Hurricanes
AUGUST 15, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smith scores in OT, Vegas takes 2-0 series lead over Chicago
AUGUST 14, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Korpisalo, Blue Jackets win 3-1, tie series with Lightning
Joonas Korpisalo made 36 saves to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to even their playoff series at one game apieceAUGUST 13, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wennberg goes through the legs, beats Vasilevskiy
AUGUST 13, 2020 • YOUTUBE
Tuesday Sports in Brief
AUGUST 12, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boucher witnesses NHL marathon 20 years after his 5 OT game
Brian Boucher had a front-row seat to the five-overtime game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue JacketsAUGUST 12, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Point scores in 5th OT as Lightning beat Blue Jackets 3-2
AUGUST 12, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lightning outlast Blue Jackets 3-2 in 5 OT thriller
Brayden Point scored 10:27 into the fifth overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 in the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup playoff historyAUGUST 12, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Andrei Vasilevskiy Left Bloody After Taking Knee To The Head On Diving Save
AUGUST 11, 2020 • YOUTUBE
Lightning face Blue Jackets in 1st-round NHL playoff rematch
The second-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning are reminded of last year's first-round playoff collapse with a rematch against the Columbus Blue JacketsAUGUST 11, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Flyers beat Lightning, clinch top seed in Eastern Conference
AUGUST 9, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Lightning will go as far as Andrei Vasilevskiy takes them John Romano | On a team of stars, no one is more important than the goaltender come the postseason.
AUGUST 8, 2020 • TAMPABAY.COM
Lightning-Flyers, Avalanche-Golden Knights are for top seeds
Neither team vying for the top playoff seed in the Eastern Conference will be at full-strength when they face off SaturdayAUGUST 7, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Petry gets tiebreaking goal in 3rd, Canadiens beat Penguins
AUGUST 6, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lightning beat Bruins 3-2, improve to 2-0 in seeding round
Tyler Johnson scored the tiebreaking goal with 87 seconds left to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over BostonAUGUST 5, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kucherov nets shootout winner, Lightning beat Capitals 3-2
AUGUST 4, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kucherov, Lightning beat Capitals in East round-robin play
Nikita Kucherov scored a goal in the first period and the winner in the shootout to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in Eastern Conference round-robin...AUGUST 3, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Will start round-robin games Vasilevskiy will get the starting nod for all three round-robin contests, including Monday's clash with Washington, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports.
Impact While coach Jon Cooper told reporters that Vasilevskiy would start each of the three games, he did mention that backup Curtis McElhinney could see some ice time, as well. As a result, DFS players may want to consider fading the netminder due to the potential for limited save production, even if the Lightning are favored to win.
JULY 31, 2020 • ROTOWIRE
