Athletistic / Hockey. Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevsky became the best player in the NHL regular season match against the Boston Bruins (3:1). During this meeting, the 29-year-old Russian blocked 23 shots and also registered an assist.
Vasilevsky became the author of the second assist of the current NHL season. In total, Andrei recorded 20 assists in the North American League. It should be noted that he now occupies fourth place in the list of the most successful European goalkeepers, ahead of Dominik Hasek (0+19) and Jakob Markström (Calgary Flames, 0+19) in this ranking. The leader in this indicator among Europeans is Finnish Kari Lehtonen (0+28). Among all NHL goaltenders, Andrei Vasilevskiy ranks 27th. The league record belongs to Tom Barrasso, who managed to make 48 assists during his career.
Tampa is sixth in the Eastern Conference standings with 87 points. The Lightning have 10 games left before the end of the regular season.
Source: Sport
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