Athletistic/Hockey. The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the St. Louis Blues with a score of 6:1 last night in an NHL regular season home game. The main heroes of the match were the Russian Lightning Legionnaires.
Tampa’s goal in this meeting was defended by Andrei Vasilevsky. The 29-year-old Russian saved 29 shots out of 30 in his possession and was ultimately named man of the match.
The second star was Tampa forward Nikita Kucherov. The 30-year-old CSKA Moscow graduate scored a double in a meeting with the “bluesmen”. In 32 games this season, he has 54 points (22+32) in the goal+pass system, which allows him to confidently lead the race for NHL scorers.
The third star of the match was Lightning defenseman Haydn Fleury, who scored 2 (1+1) points for his performance.
Tampa has scored 35 points in 33 matches and is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings. “St. Louis” after 31 matches has 31 points and is ninth in the West.
Source: Sport
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