Posts About "Andrei Vasilevskiy"
Ranking the NHL's 31 Starting Goalies – 2019-20 Postseason
September 28th, 2020 The poet John Donne famously wrote, "no man is an island unto itself." But he wrote that in 1623, long before the game of hockey was invented. Had he survived to see it, Donne might have instead written: "no man is an island, except for NHL goaltenders." The job of an NHL goalie is one of the hardest in all of professional sport. It...
Hellebuyck Well-Deserving of Vezina Victory
September 22nd, 2020 Connor Hellebuyck's superb season rightly culminated in a Vezina Trophy victory at the 2020 NHL Awards aired live from Edmonton. https://twitter.com/NHLJets/status/1308175259300818945 Hellebuyck received 19 first-place votes and a total of 123 points — 24 more than the Boston Bruins' Tuukka Rask's 99 and 92 more than the Tampa...
Russian Goaltending Dominates as Stars Take Game 1
September 20th, 2020 The first game of the Stanley Cup Final between the West third-seeded Dallas Stars and the East second-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning went to the Stars. When the NHL announced their Return to Play plan, I was a little skeptical we would ever get to this point amidst a global pandemic, but after nearly two months and zero positive tests,...
The Conn Smythe Contenders
September 6th, 2020 With the NHL down to its final four playoff teams, there are a handful of players who have emerged as front-runners for the Conn Smythe Trophy as postseason MVP. After having scored 25 points in 15 games, Nathan MacKinnon looked like he was going to run away with the award until his Colorado Avalanche lost in seven games to the Dallas...
Ranking NHL Teams By Goaltenders
September 3rd, 2020 Ranking NHL Teams By ForwardsRanking NHL Teams By Defencemen Now that the 2019-20 NHL season is over and the Stanley Cup playoffs are in full swing, it's time to rank the teams by position once again. Starting with the goaltenders since that position seems the most solidified on paper across the league as of today. When it...
3 Takeaways From Bruins' Game 4 Loss to Lightning
August 30th, 2020 In Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Second-Round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Aug. 23, the Boston Bruins played a near-perfect game in winning 3-2. Since then, however, the Lightning have been the better team and are now one win away from eliminating the B's following a 3-1 win in Game 4 on Saturday which gave them a 3-1...
5 Things the Bruins Need to Do to Beat the Lightning
August 23rd, 2020 It is safe to say that the Tampa Bay Lightning have the Boston Bruins' number this season. They have won four of the five games the Atlantic Division rivals have played. Now the two foes will face off in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference Second-Round series at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Related: Bruins' Top-20 Goal Scorers of...
Lightning Giving Blue Jackets Dose of Own Defensive Medicine
August 19th, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning have high-end offense. Everyone knows that. The Columbus Blue Jackets have a stout defense. Everyone knows that too. It's the unstoppable force (Lightning offense) against the immovable object (Blue Jackets defense.) Who would win such an epic battle? So far after four intense games, it's actually the...
Bruins' Qualifying Round Opponents: Tampa Bay Lightning
August 1st, 2020 Over the past three seasons, the Atlantic Divison has come down to the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins. In 2018, the Lightning edged the Bruins by one point to win the division and last season, Tampa Bay ran away and finished 21 points ahead of the second-place Bruins to capture the Presidents' Trophy. Related: Lightning -...
Flyers' Qualifying Round Opponents: Tampa Bay Lightning
July 31st, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers close out their Stanley Cup qualifying round games with a matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It will be a grind, especially after taking on the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals earlier in the tournament. However, the Flyers have the tools to pull off the victory. 2019-20 Regular Season Review The...
Lightning's All-Decade Team: Goaltending
March 27th, 2020 Over the course of the last decade, no franchise in the NHL has experienced as much positive change than the Tampa Bay Lightning. At the start of the decade, the Lightning were on death's door, with a weak ownership group and no real vision for the future. Many speculated that by 2020, the Bolts would be just a footnote in the NHL's...
THW's Goalie News: Shutouts Galore, Hart Stays Hot
March 6th, 2020 Thursday night was a big one for National Hockey League goaltenders as we saw four shutouts in three games. Also, a youngster adds his name to some of the all-time greats in Philadelphia as his winning streak lives on. Saros Blanks Stars in Emotional Night The Nashville Predators took to the Bridgestone Arena ice for the first...
THW's Goalie News: Vasilevsky, Binnington, Andersen & More
February 21st, 2020 The race towards the Stanley Cup playoffs is in full effect. There was some movement within the standings after Thursday night’s 10-game schedule. Two huge streaks came to an end in Las Vegas. A playoff hero is heating up in St. Louis just in time for a title defense. Things could be turning around in Toronto and there was some rookie...
