In Tampa, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves in a 3-0 shutout of the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday evening.
Blake Coleman had a goal for the Lighting in the win.
“We’ve had a few good games defensively,” Coleman said. “But to a man, guys were skating, guys were competing, blocking shots … doing the things you’ve got to do to win. [Vasilevskiy] made some big-time saves when he needed to and he kept the puck out of the net. Really just a complete effort by the entire team.”
Ross Colton popped in his first NHL goal in his first NHL game.
“I think the best way to describe it is that I kind of blacked out right after the play,” Colton said.
“I was trying to fight to get to the front of the net. [Hedman] wheeled around there and kind of put it front. I was always taught when I was younger to go to the dirty areas. I just got in front and tried to bang it home and luckily it went in. Great play by [Hedman] for sure.”
The Hurricanes dropped to 12-5-1.
“We’ve got this team again tomorrow,” the Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal said. “We’re going to get right back at it and show them our best.”
Barclay Goodrow also scored for the Bolts.
“It was a great effort from our guys. In the first two periods I didn’t have that much work,” Vasilevskiy said. “In the third they started pushing us. But it was a great job defensively. We got two huge goals and that was enough to win because we played well defensively.”
Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves in the loss.
“[Nedeljkovic] was great,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “He made some big saves. Good for him. Too bad we kind of wasted it.”
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