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Lowthers
Angemeldet seit:
06.01.2024
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BUFFALO The Tampa Bay Lightning have a "critical video game" against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Tuesday 7:30 p. m. ET; ESPN, trainer Jon Cooper said. The Lightning have actually lost 2 in a row after a 5 3 win in the house versus the Nashville Predators in their season opener Oct. 10. They were outscored 11 6 and allowed an integrated 80 shots on goal in roadway losses to the Detroit Red Wings 6 4 on Saturday and Ottawa Senators 5 2 on Sunday. " It's hard to find [away] vacant handed, and that's why tonight is a crucial video game for us," Cooper said complying with the morning skate. "To go on this journey this early in the year and get absolutely no mention of teams you're contending for a playoff spot with makes it a little of an uphill climb, which's not something you desire to do earlier in the year. I do not desire to claim Video game 4s are huge video games, yet this is a large one for us. " The Sabres, Senators and Red Wings are Atlantic Division matches each seeking to end a Stanley Cup Playoff dry spell this period. Two currently very own success against the Lightning. " I informed our gamers they can not let irritation embeded in," Cooper stated *****. "Allow's turn that power right into a little bit of anger right here and aid out on the protective side of the video game. Our goalies have actually done every little thing they can to assist us out, currently we need to do a bit extra for them. " The Lightning will certainly have to do more without their captain, Steven Stamkos. The onward will miss his second successive game with a lower body injury and is everyday. Onward Tyler Motte is out indefinitely with an upper body injury sustained in the period opener, and starting goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is out for a minimum of the first 2 months, leaving Tampa Bay to utilize Jonas Johansson and Matt Tomkins. Johansson has actually played 37 NHL games 30 starts for the Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and Lightning *****. Tomkins made his NHL launching at age 29 on Sunday. " What's been wonderful, they have actually been qualified," Cooper stated. "For guys to come in 30 games in when your game's developed is one thing. I assume it's less complicated on goaltenders. It's not rather the very same means when you're simply can be found in Game 1, 2 and 3, and teams they don't have their structure down and can play a little unpredictable. I constantly think that's a truly hard area for a goaltender to be put in. And like I claimed, our men have handled it well. We have actually reached get our video game a bit better in order before them. " Tampa florida Bay has made the playoffs 6 successive periods and nine of the previous 10, winning the Stanley Cup in 2020 and '21, and losing the 2022 Stanley Cup Final in 6 games to the Avalanche. " I believe I stated it after the game the various other evening *****. We look at shots that have a chance of going into the web," Cooper claimed. "And there weren't a lot. The trouble is they went in. You're mosting likely to provide up chances, the groups are also excellent. There's a lot of knowledgeable, quick players out there, yet if you're going offer them an opportunity, make it a C possibility, not an An opportunity. Therefore we've actually, apart from the Detroit game in the 2nd period, we've done a respectable task of that. Yet it's simply it's been a strange start to the season. "
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