Athletistic/Hockey. The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL regular season match with a score of 3: 1. Following the meeting, the NHL press service included two Russian hockey players among the three stars of this match.
The best player of the game was Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevsky. The 29-year-old Russian managed to block 23 of the 24 shots in his possession. Vasilevskiy was extremely close to a second straight shutout, but failed to control a shot from Penguins forward Jake Guentzel 53 seconds before the final siren.
Tampa forward Nikita Kucherov was recognized as the second star of the game. The 30-year-old Russian scored 2 (1+1) points for his performance last night. Note that he is currently the top scorer in the NHL regular season.
The third star is Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman. The Swede has two assists this time.
Source: Sport
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