It’s not often that the goaltender is the best player on a team that scores six goals in a victory, but without the play of Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Tampa Bay Lightning don’t emerge with their 6-3 victory against the Detroit Red Wings. Overall, Vasy stopped 34-of-37 shots in the game, but it was the 16-of-17 saves that he made in the second period that kept the Lightning in front of a determined Detroit squad.
Did the Lightning “deserve” to win the game today? Probably not, but cue up William Munny. There have been more than a fair share of games where the Lightning have been on the other side of this conversation, and at this point in the season, they’ll take the two points no matter how they get them.