The Athletic ranked all 32 teams by contract efficiency and the Tampa Bay Lightning scored the first place spot on the list.

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.

Each summer, The Athletic ranks every NHL team’s contracts — highlighting the best deals, the worst, and everything in between. This year, the Tampa Bay Lightning claimed the top spot.

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.

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 ...

They call Vasilevskiy “The Big Cat,” for a reason. His flexibility, core strength and cat-like reflexes enable him to move his body in Gumby-like fashion, sprawling out to make spectacular saves.

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 ...

Vasilevskiy makes $9.5 million against the cap and is eligible to go on long-term injured reserve, which would allow the Lightning to go over the cap by that amount — but then they’d need to ...

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 ...