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  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Blue Jackets Lead 1-0

     

    Game Recap:

    With the Columbus Blue Jackets leading the series going into game 2, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to even up the series at one game a piece, however, the Blue Jackets would have other things on mind. A little over five minutes into the game Cam Atkinson would score his first goal of the playoffs to give Columbus an early 1-0 lead. The Blue Jackets aggressive play would force the Lightning to take two bad penalties. Columbus would not be able to capitalize on their first powerplay, but it would only take four seconds on the second powerplay as Zach Werenski would get the puck off a clean faceoff win from Matt Duchene and rip it right on net for his first of the playoffs and give Columbus a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    The second period would not start well for the Lightning as Alex Killorn would take a horrible interference penalty. As a result, the Blue Jackets would strike again. This time Duchene getting his first career playoff goal to give the Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead. The Lightning would get their first powerplay opportunity when Columbus would be called for too many men, however, they would not capitalize on the powerplay, but the Lightning would gain some momentum.

     

    For the third period, the Lightning would come out fired up and force the play against the Blue Jackets. The Lightning’s heavy forechecking would result in a Mikhail Sergachev goal to cut the Blue Jackets lead to two, but the Blue Jackets would respond as Riley Nash would snipe one past Andrei Vasilevskiy to give Columbus their three goal lead back. Not long after getting their three goal lead back, the Blue Jackets would strike again as Artemi Panarin would score his first of the playoffs to give the Blue Jackets a commanding 5-1 lead. Things would get ugly though as after Nikita Kucherov tripped up Makus Nutivaara, he would proceed to board Nutivaara while he was defenseless thus earning a 5 minute major and a game misconduct which should be reviewed by the League for supplementary discipline.

     

    Lineups:

    Columbus Blue Jackets:

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson

    Ryan Dzingel — Matt Duchene — Josh Anderson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Oliver Bjorkstrand

    Brandon Dubinsky — Boone Jenner — Riley Nash

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Markus Nutivaara — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Dean Kukan

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Keith Kinkaid, Eric Robinson, Andrew Peeke, Alexander Wennberg, Markus Hannikainen

    Injured: Adam McQuaid (upper body), Ryan Murray (upper body)

     

    Tampa Bay Lightning:

    Yanni Gourde — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov

    Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Tyler Johnson

    Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — J.T. Miller

    Adam Erne — Cedric Paquette — Mathieu Joseph

    Victor Hedman — Dan Girardi

    Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak

    Mikhail Sergachev — Jan Rutta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Scratched: Braydon Coburn, Danick Martel, Ryan Callahan

    Injured: Anton Stralman (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Blue Jackets Goal – 5:15 – Cam Atkinson (1) from Matt Duchene (1)

    Lightning Penalty – 7:08 – Adam Erne 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Lightning Penalty – 11:40 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blue Jackets PPG – 11:44 – Zach Werenski (1) from Matt Duchene (2)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:11 – Brayden Point 5 minute major for Fighting

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:11 – Zach Werenski 5 minute major for Fighting

     

    End of 1st – CLB – 2       TB – 0

    Shots              10                08

    Faceoffs         08                12

    Hits               10                  21

    PP                 1/2                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Lightning Penalty – :30 – Alex Killorn 2 minutes for Interference

    Blue Jackets PPG – 1:28 – Matt Duchene (1) from Artemi Panarin (2) amd Zach Werenski (2)

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 4:21 – Bench (Matt Duchene) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

     

    End of 2nd – CLB – 3        TB – 0

    Shots               17                 14

    Faceoffs          17                 22

    Hits                 14                  30

    PP                   2/3                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Lightning Goal – 5:00 – Mikhail Sergachev (1) from JT Miller (2) and Erik Cernak (2)

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 5:51 – Nick Foligno 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blue Jackets Goal – 9:06 – Riley Nash (1) from Boone Jenner (2)

    Blue Jackets Goal – 12:15 – Artemi Panarin (1) from Matt Duchene (3) and Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 5 minute major for Boarding

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov – Game Misconduct

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Victor Hedman – Misconduct

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson – Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – CLB – 5         TB – 1

    Shots              27                   24

    Faceoffs        27                    33

    Hits               17                     37

    PP                 2/4                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game Three – Blue Jackets Leads Series 2-0

     

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  • Game Recap – 3/30/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Game Recap – 3/30/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Washington Capitals (46-24-8 100pts) v. Tampa Bay Lightning (59-14-4 122pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    In their final meeting of the regular season the Washington Capitals head down to Tampa Bay with hopes of grounding the League leading Lightning. Early in the game it would be the Capitals gaining the advantage as Tom Wilson would feed Nicklas Backstrom for his 20th of the season to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. Then TJ Oshie would net a pair goals both at even strength and on the powerplay to give the Capitals a 3-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would continue their strong play as Dmitry Orlov would put forth a strong individual effort to feed Backstrom for his second goal of the game to grow the Capitals lead to four. However, in the final minutes of the second period, JT Miller would tip in a Mikhail Sergachev point shot to cut the Capitals lead to three going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period the Lightning would cut the Capitals lead to two when Tyler Johnson would net his 28th of the season. After that the fireworks would explode as Brooks Orpik and Anthony Cirelli would drop the gloves followed by a heavyweight tilt between Tom Wilson and Erik Cernak. Then the “Great Eight” Alex Ovechkin would score his 50th of the season, and then on a Nikita Kucherov penalty, Ovechkin would net his 51st of the season to give the Capitals a commanding 6-2 lead. However, in the final minute Nic Dowd would take a penalty for hooking and Kucherov would score to cut the Capitals lead to three, but it would be too little too late for the Lightning as the Capitals would go on to win 6 to 3.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Andre Burakovsky

    Travis Boyd — Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson

    Matt Niskanen — Dmitry Orlov

    Christian Djoos — John Carlson

    Nick Jensen — Brooks Orpik

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Jonas Siegenthaler

    Injured: Brett Connolly (illness), Michal Kempny (lower body)

     

    Tampa Bay Lightning:

    Tyler Johnson — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov

    Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — J.T. Miller

    Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — Mathieu Joseph

    Adam Erne — Cedric Paquette — Yanni Gourde

    Victor Hedman — Mikhail Sergachev

    Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak

    Braydon Coburn — Jan Rutta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Scratched: Cameron Gaunce, Ryan Callahan, Danick Martel

    Injured: Anton Stralman (lower body), Dan Girardi (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Lightning Penalty – :21 – Andrei Vasilevskiy (Yanni Gourde) 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals Goal – 7:24 – Nicklas Backstrom (20) from Tom Wilson (18) and Christian Djoos (9)

    Capitals Goal – 10:45 – TJ Oshie (24) from Nick Jensen (18) Carl Hagelin (13)

    Lightning Penalty – 14:12 – Anthony Cirelli 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals PPG – 16:00 – TJ Oshie (25) from John Carlson (55) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (50)

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 3       TB – 0

    Shots              13                05

    Faceoffs         08                09

    Hits               08                  05

    PP                 1/2                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Goal – 7:53 – Nicklas Backstrom (21) from Dmitry Orlov (26)

    Lightning Penalty – 9:31 – Braydon Coburn 2 minutes for Boarding

    Capitals Penalty – 13:44 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Lightning Goal – 17:25 – JT Miller (13) from Mikhail Sergachev (23) and Ryan McDonagh (34)

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 4        TB – 1

    Shots               27                 14

    Faceoffs          18                 14

    Hits                 13                  13

    PP                   1/3                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Lightning Penalty – :47 – Mikhail Sergachev 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Lightning Goal – 3:36 – Tyler Johnson (28) from unassisted

    Lightning Penalty – 9:26 – Anthony Cirelli 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 9:26 – Brooks Orpik 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 9:26 – Brooks Orpik (Alex Ovechkin) 2 minutes for Roughing

    Lightning Penalty -12:13 – Erik Cernak 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 12:13 – Tom Wilson 5 minute major for Fighting

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    Capitals Goal – 14:35 – Alex Ovechkin (50) from TJ Oshie (27) and Nicklas Backstrom (52)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:30 – Nikita Kucherov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 16:15 – Alex Ovechkin (51) from Johm Carlson (56) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (51)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:14 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Hooking

    Lightning PPG – 19:32 – Nikita Kucherov (39) from Mikhail Sergachev (24) and JT Miller (32)

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 6         TB – 2

    Shots              35                   28

    Faceoffs        33                    28

    Hits               18                     22

    PP                 2/5                    0/3

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (47-24-8 102pts) @ Florida (35-32-12 82pts)

    Tampa Bay (59-15-4 122pts) @ Ottawa (28-44-6 62pts)

  • Game Recap – 3/20/19 – Tampa Bay Lightning v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 3/20/19 – Tampa Bay Lightning v. Washington Capitals

    Tampa Bay Lightning (56-13-4 116pts) v. Washington Capitals (43-23-7 93pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals head home for their lone matchup at Capital One Arena against the Tampa Bay Lightning as they also look to get some revenge from their game last week where the Lightning doubled up the Capitals 6-3. In the first period on a Tampa Bay turnover Carl Hagelin would flip the puck to Lars Eller who would score to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. Afterwards the Capitals would draw two penalties, but would not be able to capitalize on either powerplay opportunity.

     

    The second period would not start very well for the Capitals as in the dying seconds of Tom Wilson’s holding penalty, Nakita Kucherov would score to tie the game at one. Then on an Alex Ovechkin elbowing penalty Steven Stamkos would only need four seconds to give the Lightning a 2-1 lead, but it would stop there as the Lighting would get a great drive in the Capitals zone and Anthony Cirelli would throw the puck in the crease and it would hit off of John Carlson’s skate and into the wide open net. However, the Capitals would not let this 2 goal lead deter them as an offensive rush would result in Carl Hagelin roofing the puck to cut the Lightning’s lead to one. The Capitals would then tie the game at three while on the powerplay as TJ Oshie stick to it and battle in front of the net to knock the puck into the net, but then on their third powerplay opportunity, the Lightning would make the Capitals pay as Nikita Kucherov would net his second of the game to give the Lightning their lead back going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period we would see some solid playoff style hockey from both teams, but it would be the Capitals getting two powerplay opportunities in the first half of the period, however, they would not be able to capitalize on them. Then in the final minute of regulation with Braden Holtby pulled from his net, Evgeny Kuznetsov would score to send the game into overtime.

     

    Then in overtime it would be the Lightning taking advantage of an odd man rush as Victor Hedman would net his 11th of the season to win the game in 5-4 for the Lightning.

     

    Lineups:

    Tampa Bay Lightning:

    Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — J.T. Miller

    Tyler Johnson — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov

    Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — Mathieu Joseph

    Adam Erne — Cedric Paquette — Yanni Gourde

    Victor Hedman — Mikhail Sergachev

    Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak

    Braydon Coburn — Jan Rutta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Scratched: Ryan Callahan, Danick Martel, Cameron Gaunce

    Injured: Dan Girardi (lower body), Anton Stralman (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Christian Djoos, Dmitrij Jaskin, Travis Boyd

    Injured: None

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 7:32 – Lars Eller (12) from Carl Hagelin (11)

    Lightning Penalty – 9:30 – Steven Stamkos 2 minutes for Holding

    Lightning Penalty- 16:26 – Jan Ruuta 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals Penalty – 19:27 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Holding

     

    End of 1st – TB – 0       WAS – 1

    Shots              05                15

    Faceoffs         11                10

    Hits               04                  15

    PP                 0/0                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Lightning PPG – 1:19 – Nikita Kucherov (36) from Steven Stamkos (47) and Victor Hedman (38)

    Capitals Penalty – 2:08 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minites for Elbowing

    Lightning PPG – 2:12 – Steven Stamkos (37) from JT Miller (27)

    Lightning Goal – 6:45 – Anthony Cirelli (16) from Mathieu Joseph (11)

    Capitals Goal – 10:30 – Carl Hagelin (5) from Lars Eller (23)

    Lightning Penalty – 12:00 – Mikhail Sergachev 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals PPG – 13:40 – TJ Oshie (22) from Alex Ovechkin (35) and John Carlson (53)

    Capitals Penalty – 14:06 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minites for Slashing

    Lightning PPG – 15:01 – Nikita Kucherov (37) from Steven Stamkos (48) and Ondrej Palat (24)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:42 – Yanni Gourde 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 15:42 – Jakub Vrana 5 minute major for Fighting

    Lightning Penalty – 15:42 – Cedric Paquette 2 minutes for Roughing

    Lightning Penalty – 15:42 – Cedric Paquette 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Capitals Penalty – 15:42 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Lightning Penalty – 15:42 – Mikhail Sergachev 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Penalty – 15:42 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 2nd – TB – 4        WAS – 3

    Shots               16                 37

    Faceoffs          24                 22

    Hits                 09                  24

    PP                   3/3                  1/4

     

    Third Period:

    Lightning Penalty – 1:24 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Slashing

    Lightning Penalty – 10:13 – Brayden Point 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Goal – 19:07 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (20) from Nicklas Backstrom (51) and TJ Oshie (25)

     

    End of 3rd – TB – 4         WAS – 4

    Shots              26                   56

    Faceoffs        35                    33

    Hits               14                     32

    PP                 3/3                    1/6

     

    OT:

    Lightning Goal – 3:01 – Victor Hedman (11) from Yanni Gourde (24)

     

    End of OT – TB – 5         WAS – 4

    Shots              29                   58

    Faceoffs        35                    37

    Hits               17                     34

    PP                 3/3                    1/6

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (43-23-8 94pts) v. Minnesota (34-31-9 77pts)

    Tampa Bay (57-13-4 118pts) @ Carolina (40-25-7 87pts)