TAMPA — The Lightning have long leaned on goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. His teammates call him the best goalie on the planet, and NHL player polls agree. But through at least the first two ...

Vasilevskiy has started to look more like himself of late. In the 10 games he played in March, he had an 8-1-1 record, .915% save percentage and 2.39 GAA, numbers more in line with his career totals.

Vasilevskiy allowed 3.5 goals a game in the first six games of the 2022 first-round meeting with the Maple Leafs, but in Game 7 he stopped 30 of 31 shots in a 2-1 Lightning win.

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He knew Vasilevskiy’s father, Andrei, who was also a goalie in Russia’s second division. Andrei Sr. asked Tyjnch to help advise his two boys, Andrei and Alexei, a defenseman.

If it means closing out an opponent to advance to the next round, or hoisting the Stanley Cup, chances are Andrei Vasilevskiy is going to shut and seal the door. The Tampa Bay goaltender stopped ...

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made his season debut Friday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Vasilevskiy made 22 saves en route to the Lightning’s 8-2 win over the Hurricanes.

Andrei Vasilevskiy has six shutouts in his last seven series-clinching games 🤯 Tampa Bay has now won 10 straight playoff series as they continue their march to a three-peat. https://t.co ...

BRANDON, Fla. — Andrei Vasilevskiy knows he’s off his game. All those things the fans are worried about — the inconsistency, the bad goals — are running through his mind, too. But nothing ...