in a bit of irony, Darcy Kuemper ended up sitting out this postseason as the Capitals missed the playoffs while the team's former goalies both made the playoffs with their teams. But Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek have been far from perfect. Will either rebound?
Burns: 3 Things we learned from blanking Dallas
Bryan Burns on playing championship hockey in the third, Vasilevskiy s shutout and Coleman converting his penalty shot by Bryan Burns @BBurnsNHL /
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Vasilevskiy shuts out Stars in 3-0 victory
Andrei Vasilevksiy made 30 saves in the shutout, and Blake Coleman scored on a penalty shot to lead the Lightning over the Stars, 3-0
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Don t look now, but with the playoffs fast approaching, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won four games in a row.
The Lightning continued to elevate their game of late, blanking the Dallas Stars 3-0 Thursday at AMALIE Arena behind a 20-save effort by Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Are we in the midst of a third Marc-Andre Fleury renaissance?
There are few stories more intriguing around the National Hockey League than what’s going on in the Vegas Golden Knights’ crease.
Fleury, the team’s first face of the franchise and the primary reason why they challenged for a Stanley Cup in their inaugural season, has seen his numbers wane over the past couple of seasons. It prompted the Golden Knights front office to make an aggressive move last season, acquiring talented Swedish goaltender Robin Lehner. By the end of the year, Lehner had pushed the three-time Stanley Cup winner out of the starting position and firmly onto the trade block.