8/27/2023 0 Comments Islanders lightning![]() ![]() The Lightning are a resilient team with a championship pedigree. ![]() A couple mistakes by Tampa Bay cost them in Game 6, and the Cup champs sat back too much in third period. If the Islanders can maintain the resilience they've showed all postseason - Game 6 continued their streak of not leading after one period, now at 18 playoff games and counting - they've got a shot. The Lightning may feel it let the clincher slip away but both teams will still have memories of Monday's 8-0 drubbing on their minds when they take the ice for Game 7 in Tampa. Staple: The Islanders need … well, they need more of what propelled them back from the brink in Game 6. They’d just rather not have to for the biggest game of the season. But Tampa Bay has the depth to survive the loss. And Ondrej Palat will likely fill in for Kucherov on the power play, like he did during the year. You’ll see Cirelli get a shot on the top line - where he performed well Wednesday. But being without the NHL’s leading playoff scorer would definitely be a blow. Joe Smith, Lightning beat writer: The Lightning won 36 games without Kucherov during the regular season. How do the Lightning adjust if Kucherov is out? This place may be a bit of a dump, but it's our dump, dammit. The place was loud, as expected, all the way up to the Isles' 62-second five-on-three in the second period, then it got quiet when the Lightning took a 2-0 lead.īut these fans have sat through some awful times in this building over the last three decades so they were as resilient as their team, going bonkers when Mayfield tied it and then delivering an "only on Long Island" Bud Tall Boy salute to Beauvillier's overtime winner. Lightning lose Nikita Kucherov - and Game 6 in OT - and now face possible eliminationĪrthur Staple, Islanders beat writer: It was bedlam. He has 12 goals and 49 assists in 42 games over the last two postseasons. Kucherov, who didn't play in the regular season after undergoing hip surgery, leads the NHL in points (27) and assists (22) in the playoffs. Without him, Tampa Bay took a 2-0 lead via goals from Brayden Point and Anthony Cirelli, but could not hold on. Kucherov was on the ice for a total of 46 seconds. Before that, he was cross-checked by Mayfield. Kucherov left the game shortly after attempting to deliver a hit on Barzal against the boards. Lightning coach Jon Cooper did not have an update after the game or on Thursday morning. Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov exited less than three minutes into Game 6 and did not return after leaving with an apparent injury. "Going into OT the building smelled like cigarettes, now it smells like beers," Beauvillier said.įor Tampa Bay, the loss was not the only concern. "A little dangerous, but we'll go with it," center Mathew Barzal said. They will move into UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., next season.Īs the Islanders celebrated the win, fans showered the ice with beer cans. The Islanders won what could be their final game in Nassau Coliseum, should they not advance to the Stanley Cup Final. The Islanders held a 28-24 shots-on-goal advantage. But defenseman Scott Mayfield went top shelf over goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to tie it at two with 9:44 to play. New York trailed 2-1 entering the third period with its season on the line. They're able to put him on long-term injured reserve and use the $7 million in cap space.Anthony Beauvillier scored 68 seconds into overtime and the New York Islanders rallied from a two-goal deficit, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Wednesday to force Game 7 in the Stanley Cup semifinals. The Avalanche are trying to rebuild, knowing captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss a second consecutive season while recovering from cartilage replacement surgery in his right knee. ![]() He has 102 points in 240 regular-season and playoff NHL games. He's expected to get a raise from the $1.25 million he made last season. The 37th pick going from the Avalanche to the Lightning was part of the return for Newhook.Ĭolton, who turns 27 before next season starts, also is a pending restricted free agent. The team traded for center Ryan Johansen, getting him at half price in a deal with Nashville, and sent pending restricted free agent Alex Newhook to Montreal. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team did not announce Compher's expected departure.Ĭolton would fill that void as Colorado's latest acquisition. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Compher is testing the free agent market. The move almost certainly spells the end of J.T. The Colorado Avalanche acquired forward Ross Colton in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, hours before the start of the NHL draft.Ĭolorado sent the 37th pick in the draft to Tampa Bay for the player who scored the Lightning's Stanley Cup-clinching goal in 2021. ![]()
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