The Lightning pulled Vasilevskiy for an extra skater with about 1:50 left, but he returned to the ice 38 seconds later when Victor Hedman was called for tripping Clutterbuck to give the Islanders a power play. Game 5 is Monday night in Tampa, Florida, with Game 6 back at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday night. “Sometimes you lay an egg and we laid one in the second period.” “These guys have given it their all for whatever it’s been now, a month and change (in the playoffs),” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 27 saves. I’m not going to be forgetting that one.”īrayden Point had a goal for the seventh straight game, and Tyler Johnson also scored for the defending champion Lightning. I thought it was going in and then just a miraculous play by Pulley. Huge.”īarzal agreed, adding: “I think everybody’s breath got taken away when that puck was coming. It was a great play by him, a game-saving play, obviously. Pulock drew plenty of praise from his teammates. “Obviously you hear the sound, the clock go and all the boys jump on you. “He made a heck of a play with the spin-o-rama, the net was open and I just tried to make myself big and take it away and I was able to get it. “McDonagh got a puck walking down and Varly came out and challenged,” Pulock said. NHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Dates, times, television and results But Pulock’s dive kept the puck out and preserved the win. McDonagh had the puck on the left side in the waning seconds, spun around to get away from Brock Nelson and drew Varlamov forward before sending the puck at the open net.
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Semyon Varlamov finished with 28 saves to help the Islanders win a Game 4 to tie a series after dropping the previous game at home for the third time this postseason.īut Pulock made the biggest save with the game on the line. Josh Bailey and Mathew Barzal also scored, and Cal Clutterbuck and Adam Pelech each had two assists. Matt Martin capped a three-goal second period, Pulock made a diving stop and the Islanders held on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 Saturday night to even their Stanley Cup semifinal series at two games apiece. It was the biggest play in the Islanders’ latest series-tying Game 4 win. (AP) - With goalie Semyon Varlamov out of position in the closing seconds, New York defenseman Ryan Pulock knew he needed to get in the way of Ryan McDonagh’s shot at the open net. We will have a series preview coming up for you Monday morning right here at Bolts By The Bay.View Gallery: NHL playoffs: Best 2021 postseason photos However, that’s a pretty steep ask on week one of the NFL season, especially when those that have DirecTV and don’t purchase the Sunday Ticket package will have that week to watch every NFL game as well as the Red Zone channel.Įither way, Tampa fans are in a bit of a pickle for a game four contest for their beloved Bolts competing against a Bucs team that’s all the rage right now. By putting it in the middle of the day against games broadcast on FOX and CBS, they are looking to draw fans away from the NFL and onto their product. By placing the Lightning and Islanders on NBC Sports Network at a normal time like 7:30 or 8:00, they’re competing with themselves for ratings. Look, I get it – NBC wants to program NHL playoff hockey on their main network but can’t do it in prime time due to Sunday Night Football. For those of you that are also Buccaneers fans (or those of us that cover both teams for various outlets), you will be forced to either choose between the second half of the Lightning game or watch the debut of Tom Brady as the Buccaneers’ quarterback since the Bucs and New Orleans Saints will kick-off at 4:25 p.m. Game four of the Eastern Conference Finals will be played at 3:00 p.m. Game Seven* – Saturday, September 19th – 7:30 p.m. Game Six* – Thursday, September 17th – 8:00 p.m. Game Five* – Tuesday, September 15th – 8:00 p.m. Game Four – Sunday, September 13th – 3:00 p.m. Game Three – Friday, September 11th – 8 p.m. Game Two – Wednesday, September 9th – 8:00 p.m. Game One – Monday, September 7th – 8:00 p.m. Here is how the seven game series will play out Lightning fans may be relatively upset with the timing of one of those games, but more on that in a moment. Now the NHL has officially set those dates in stone for the best-of-seven series for the two teams. Following their dominant game seven win over the Philadelphia Flyers, the New York Islanders have a date set with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the right to represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals.
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