"We knew it would start to turn our way if we keep doing what we're doing. " Much of those two victories also came without goaltender John Gibson, who left the trip to attend the birth of his child. The Ducks designated Gibson as Non-Roster on Monday and yesterday recalled veteran Alex Stalock from San Diego. In Gibson's absence, rookie netminder Lukas Dostal locked down the win in New Jersey and then made 29 saves a night later against Detroit. "I try to go game-by-game and always be ready whenever I have a chance to play, " Dostal said. "For a young goalie especially, it's important to have a routine, so I try to stick with it.
Defenseman Victor Hedman leads the pack with a plus-24. Just two spots behind him is his fellow defenseman Anton Stralman, who has been at or near the top of this category for much of the season. In fourth place in plus/minus is Lightning forward Brayden Point. Point doesn’t get near enough credit for his contributions to the team. The 21-year-old Lightning forward has been an absolute workhorse for the Bolts this season. His speed and his innate ability to be in the right place at the right time has paid dividends for the Bolts this season. Then, there is the tale of Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Vasy has been an absolute brick wall this season, leading the NHL in almost all goaltending categories.
"For us as a young group, it's important to learn how to do it and close those games out. It's huge for us. " Anaheim could also welcome back a few more big parts of that young group during the homestand, as each of Trevor Zegras, Mason McTavish and Jamie Drsydale have begun skating with the team in practice. McTavish is second among leaders in scoring this season with 21 points in 24 games. On the other side, Calgary comes to Honda Center to kick off a short two-game trip before the holiday break, fresh off consecutive wins over the NHL's Florida contigent. The Flames downed the Panthers 3-1 on Monday night, getting a pair of shorthanded goals in the third period and 33 saves from goaltender Jacob Markstrom in his return from injury. "We obviously talked before the last home game here against Tampa (a 4-2 win on Saturday) and four games before Christmas, we need to win that to claw back in the race here, " Markstrom told NHL.
Right now, Vasilevskiy is leading the NHL in shutouts with six and wins with 27. The 23-year-old netminder is currently in second place in the league in Save Percentage with. 933 and Goals Against Average with 2. 10. The Tampa Bay Lightning are definitely the team to beat right now. If the Lightning can continue to play to their abilities and not their opponents, they will certainly find themselves in a comfortable position when the postseason comes calling.
"The story of our season has been getting a goal or two behind and having to battle back. [There] we got the lead early and overall the way we managed the game, on the second night of a back-to-back, I was proud of the guys. " The wins pushed Anaheim to 12-19-0 on the season, seventh in the Pacific Division and 10 points back of the Western Conference's second Wild Card position. "We had won maybe one game out of 12 or 13 and I had been to saying both internally with the team and to the media that, analytically and scoring-chance wise, there were nine or 10 one-goal games and easily four or five could have gone our way. That's why with a young team, you have to focus on process. We're trying to build infrastructure and standards here. Usually if you play that way, you'll get more wins than losses. " "We've had the scoring chances during this stretch and have been right with teams, " Terry said.
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Two of the Flames’ victories in their most recent win streak came in overtime. (Blackhawks and Wild, respectively)Coming up against a team like the Lightning won’t be an easy challenge for the Flames. Offensively, the Flames will have to deal with the likes of players like Nikita Kucherov. Kucherov is currently tied with Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin for the league lead in goals at 27 and is in first place in the league in overall points with 60. In addition to this, the Lightning has a total of three players in the top five in plus/minus rating.
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