The game started with a good intensity and TB got the 1st PP of the game due to a Clifford's high Stick penalty but the Lighting didn't have any chance thanks to the Great forecheck. After some very fighted minutes Carter had 2 chances in the same possession but Vasiliyevsky stopped both attempts, the Kings continued to impose their physicality in front of TB's net trying to Find a deflection to score, Nesterov scored on a counterattack After a rebound in front of Quick luckly stayed there after a clear attempt by a Kings defenseman and he shot the puck under the crossbar being aknowledge that Quick was down in the ice. LA tried to tie the game with long distance shot especially from Daughty's stick, their numerous tries produced a PP with 1 minute left in the 1st period. The 2nd period started with the Kings on the man advantage but they haven't been able to score, TB reacted to the LA pressure and they Did it with long distance shots that forced Quick to make some good stops. The Kings tied the game with Kopitar on a fastbreak goal 1 on 1 against Vasiliyevsky with a very precise shot that left no chance to the goalie. LA tried to score again and they came close to do that with Carter and Brown but Vasiliyevsky made 2 very good saves to keep the game tie. The Kings continue ti be in control and their defensemen made a remarkable job to Enter in the offensive zone eluding the Lighting's forecheck. LA's pressure paid off forcing TB to committ a penalty with 4:40 left to play in 2nd period but even if they had a very good control and movement of the puck they didn't score on it. The 2nd period ended with TB on a man advantage and in a complete tie. The 3rd period started continuing the game trend of very good penalty killing and Right After the PP ends Jordan Nolan scored the game ahead goal on a very good back hand shot After a very Well play by the 4th line. With 11:20 left in the 3rd period Nesterov commited a roughing penalty on Toffoli but even they had 2 good chances on it the Lighting's penalty killers got the job done. With 6 minutes left in the game Jeff Carter scored a goal in a snap shot from the low circle capitalizing a perfect assist by Doughty. Lighting's reaction came a lil bit too late with the Tyler Johnson's goal from the goal crease with just 36 seconds left in the game because it didn't give the time to the to score the game tying goal.
LA played like champs and even if TB played a tough game they haven't been able to beat the Kings that are one of the best team in the NHL at home and who recently are playing so well put togheter 5 straight win 2 of them against the Lighting that can be satisfied by the Californian trip thus far. The Kings after a difficult start played so physical and they literally took away Stamkos from the game and this has been a good boost to win the game, on the other side TB got a good performance by the backup goalie Vasiliyevsky but they haven't been able to stop the Kings playmakers who provided good chance to their teammates.
My 3 stars of the game are: 3rd Nolan who played tough as alway but he has been dangerous even on offense scoring a goal something that he recently done in more than an occasion, 2nd Carter he is a sniper and he made his job in this game been dangerous in more than an occasion and scoring even the game winning goal, 1st Doughty in my opinion the best defenseman in the game right now and a continuous playmaker who has been able to bring the puck into the offensive zone so many times.
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