In Tampa,Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves in a 4-0 shutout of the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
“I haven’t played well over the last few games,” Vasilevskiy said., “So it’s a pretty good feeling to get the shutout, but as I said, we played well defensively as a team. We did a very good job.”
Andrei Vasilevskiy picked up third shutout of the season for the Lightning – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Victor Hedman struck twice for the Bolts.
“[Hedman is] a world-class defenseman, I think he’s the best in the League,” the Lightning’s Mikhail Sergachev said. “He does everything well. 5-on-5, 4-on-5, 5-on-4, he’s just a rock. It’s great to have a player like that on the team.”
The Habs are seven points back of a wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
“We had chances, they were able to score on theirs and we weren’t able to score on ours,” the Canadiens’ Jeff Petry said. “[Vasilevskiy] has won a lot of games against a lot of different teams. He’s a good goalie, and we weren’t able to beat him tonight.”
“We were a little sloppy early, especially in the first period,” Montreal’s Shea Weber said. “But we gave them … a high-powered offense … you can’t give them 2-on-1s and easy goals like that.”
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Carey Price made 19 saves in the loss.
“We worked hard, we had chances, we had everything, but we didn’t have a finish,” Canadiens head coach Claude Julien said. “We couldn’t score. I think the 4-0 kind of score doesn’t tell the tale of the game except that they were a way more talented team than we [were] as far as a lineup was concerned.”
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