In the first meeting after last year’s Stanley Cup final, which was won by Colorado 4:2, Tampa Bay made up for it a little and beat the defending champions 5:0 on home ice.
Gatekeeper Andrei Vasilevski with 30 saves he locked the doors of Strel, and in attack he shone with two goals and an assist Brandon Hagel. The first goal scorer of the team, Brayden Point, scored his 32nd goal of the season and added an assist, while Alex Killorn provided three assists.
For Vasilevsky, it was the first “shutout” in the regular season after 15 months. “I’m glad we won. It doesn’t matter how, I don’t even care about a clean sheet. All that matters to me is that we win,” 28-year-old Vasilevski said after the match.
Will Colorado even make the playoffs?
Tampa Bay lost the first two games after the All-Star break and thus lost the 2nd place in the Atlantic Group to Toronto, with whom it will most likely face in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Colorado also holds the third place in its – Central – group, but it is working on a bare breakthrough to the playoffs. If the Lightning in the Eastern Conference has a 9-point lead over the ninth-ranked NY Islanders, the Avalanche in the West have the same number of points as the eighth-ranked Minnesota and the ninth-ranked Calgary, which is from the second Pacific group.
NHL LEAGUE – FEBRUARY 9 GAMES
TAMPA BAY – COLORADO 5:0 Perry 16th, Hagel 29th, 39th, Point 31st, Sergačev 46th.
DETROIT – CALGARY 2:1 FLORIDA – SAN JOSE 4:1 NEW JERSEY – SEATTLE 3:1 PHILADELPHIA – EDMONTON * 2:1 – penalty kicks NY ISLANDERS – VANCOUVER 5:6 MINNESOTA – VEGAS 1:5
MATCHES ON FEBRUARY 10 NY RANGERS – SEATTLE COLUMBUS – TORONTO CHICAGO – ARIZONA ANAHEIM – PITTSBURGH
SCALE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTSKA T Z P PK To BOSTON BRUINS 51 39 7 5 83 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 52 31 13 8 70 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 50 32 16 2 66 METROPOLITANSKA T Z P PK To CAROLINA HURRICANES 51 34 9 8 76 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 50 33 13 4 70 NEW YORK RANGERS 51 29 14 8 66 "WILD CARD" T Z P PK To WASHINGTON CAPITALS 53 27 20 6 60 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 50 25 16 9 59 --------------------------------------- NEW YORK ISLANDERS 54 27 22 5 59 BUFFALO SABRES 50 26 20 4 56 FLORIDA PANTHERS 53 25 22 6 56 OTTAWA SENATORS 50 24 23 3 51 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 52 21 22 9 51 DETROIT RED WINGS 49 21 20 8 50 MONTREAL CANADIENS 51 20 27 4 44 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 51 15 32 4 34
WESTERN CONFERENCE
CENTRALNA T Z P PK To DALLAS STARS 53 30 13 10 70 WINNIPEG JETS 52 32 19 1 65 COLORADO AVALANCHE 49 27 18 4 58 PACIFIŠKA T Z P PK To VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 52 30 18 4 64 SEATTLE KRAKEN 50 29 16 5 63 LOS ANGELES KINGS 53 28 18 7 63 "WILD CARD" T Z P PK To EDMONTON OILERS 51 29 18 4 62 MINNESOTA WILD 50 27 19 4 58 --------------------------------------- CALGARY FLAMES 51 24 17 10 58 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 49 24 19 6 54 ST. LOUIS BLUES 51 23 25 3 49 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 51 20 27 4 44 SAN JOSE SHARKS 52 16 25 11 43 ARIZONA COYOTES 51 17 28 6 40 ANAHEIM DUCKS 52 17 29 6 40 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 49 15 29 5 35
Source: Rtvslo
