Lightning beat Flyers 4-1 as Vasilevskiy ties Moog on career wins list
Philadelphia remains winless four games into the season, while Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy moved up the NHL career wins list.
What we know
- The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 at Benchmark International Arena on Monday night. [1] [2]
- Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev each had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Kucherov added two assists. [1] [2]
- Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots for his 372nd career win, tying Andy Moog for 20th on the NHL list, according to The Associated Press. [2]
- The Flyers are 0-2-2 through four games, their first winless start since 2013-14, according to The Associated Press. [2]
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Monday night, extending Philadelphia's winless start to the season. The Flyers are 0-2-2 through four games, their first winless start since 2013-14, according to The Associated Press. [2]
Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots for the win, the 372nd of his career. That ties him with Andy Moog for 20th on the NHL career wins list, the AP reported. Vasilevskiy needs two more wins to tie John Vanbiesbrouck for 19th. [1][2]
Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev each scored a goal and added an assist. The game's stars were Holmberg first, Mikheyev second and Vasilevskiy third. Nikita Kucherov had two assists and now has 1,128 career points, which moves him past Mike Bossy and Joe Nieuwendyk into 67th place, according to the AP. Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel also scored for Tampa Bay. [1][2]
Point opened the scoring at 16:05 of the first period with his first goal of the season, according to the AP. Holmberg made it 2-0 just 17 seconds into the second period. [2]
Tyson Foerster pulled Philadelphia within one at 7:22 of the second, when his shot from the left circle deflected off Tampa Bay defenseman Charle-Edouard D'Astous, the AP said. Dan Vladar made 32 saves in goal for the Flyers. [2]
Mikheyev restored the two-goal lead with a wraparound with three minutes left, and Hagel scored into an empty net. The AP said Philadelphia has scored two or fewer goals in all four games this season. [2]
Denver Barkey played his first game of the season for the Flyers after missing the first three with what the AP described as an undisclosed lower-body injury. [2]
The Flyers visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. The Lightning host the Minnesota Wild the same night. [2]