The head coach Tampa Bay Lightning John Cooper said that the Russian goalkeeper Andrei Vasilyevsky will return to the ice after a back injury around Thanksgiving, celebrated in the United States on November 23 this year.
According to Cooper, quoted by journalist Pierre LeBrun on the social network X, the convalescence of Vasilevsky, 29, after the operation is going well. The Russian was out of action before the start of the NHL season; At the end of September, he successfully underwent a microdiscectomy for a lumbar hernia. The goalkeeper was expected to need two months to recover.
Last season, Vasilevsky played 60 games with Tampa in the NHL regular season, earning 34 wins with the team with a save percentage of 91.5 and a safety factor of 2.65. Vasilevskiy is a two-time Stanley Cup winner with Tampa Bay, as well as the 2019 Vezina Trophy (season’s best goaltender) and the 2021 Conn Smythe Trophy (NHL playoff Most Valuable Player).
Source : MatchTV
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