Varlamov, Avalanche shut down Lightning
The official game recap Tampa Bay Lightning vs Colorado Avalanche.Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 2-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Thursday.
Alex Tanguay and Nathan MacKinnon scored goals for Colorado (3-5-1). Alex Killorn had the lone goal for Tampa Bay (5-3-2). The Lightning are 0-2-1 in the past three games and have scored one goal during that span.
The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead with 4:03 remaining in the first period when Tanguay scored his first goal of the season. The goal was allowed after a video review determined that Tanguay's shot crossed the goal line past the pads of Lightning goalie Ben Bishop.
MacKinnon made it 2-0 at 13:04 of the second period with his fourth goal of the season. As the Avalanche crashed the net, Jarome Iginla's shot hit Bishop's pad and landed on the stick of MacKinnon, who fired home the rebound.
Iginia had two assists, giving him 1,233 career points. He moved past Phil Housley into 38th place on the NHL's all-time scoring list.
Tampa Bay, which was shut out by the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues in the final two games of a road trip, ended its goal drought at 156:03 when Killorn scored at 15:46 of the second period. Varlamov made a save on a wrist shot from Victor Hedman in the left circle, but Killorn controlled the rebound and hit a wide-open net.
The Lightning outshot Colorado 13-5 in the third period and peppered Varlamov with shots in the final five minutes but couldn't score. Ondrej Palat had a good look at an open net with less than 20 seconds left but Varlamov reached out with his stick and knocked the puck away.
Bishop finished with 24 saves.
-- by Corey Long for NHL.com --
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30/10/2015 - 03:30
