National Hockey League

FINAL
Tampa Bay Lightning 3
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New York Islanders 5
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Match Report

Nelson, Varlamov help Islanders beat Lightning 5-3 in Game 3

Brock Nelson broke a tie with 3:25 left, Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 in Game 3 of the NHL's Eastern Conference final on Friday night.

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Team Stats

TB NYI
14
Blocked Shots
25
62
Hits
44
3
Takeaways
6
37
Shots
35
1
Power Play Goals
0
1
Power Play Opportunities
2
100.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
37
Faceoffs Won
27
57.8
Faceoff Win Percent
42.2
9
Giveaways
19
7
Total Penalties
5
41
Penalty Minutes
29

Top Performers

TB

  • Andrei Vasilevskiy G GA 4 · SA 35 · SOS 0
  • Ondrej Palat LW BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Barclay Goodrow C BS 1 · HT 7 · TK 0
  • Cedric Paquette C BS 3 · HT 7 · TK 0

NYI

  • Semyon Varlamov G GA 3 · SA 37 · SOS 0
  • Josh Bailey RW BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 1
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau C BS 3 · HT 4 · TK 0
  • Matt Martin LW BS 2 · HT 2 · TK 1

Head to Head

NYI win series 2-1

Injuries

New York Islanders

  • Ryan Pulock Day-To-Day
  • Matias Maccelli Injured Reserve
  • Calum Ritchie Injured Reserve
  • Alexander Romanov Injured Reserve
  • Mathew Barzal Injured Reserve

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Zemgus Girgensons Day-To-Day
  • Yanni Gourde Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Penalty 19:32
    Barclay Goodrow 3rd
  2. Penalty 19:32
    Matt Martin 3rd
  3. Penalty 19:24
    Victor Hedman 3rd
  4. Penalty 19:24
    Jean-Gabriel Pageau 3rd
  5. Penalty 19:24
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  6. Penalty 19:24
    Cal Clutterbuck 3rd
  7. Penalty 19:24
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  8. Goal 19:24 3-5
    Jean-Gabriel Pageau 3rd
  9. Goal 16:35 3-4
    Brock Nelson 3rd
  10. Missed 15:44 3-3
    Josh Bailey 3rd
  11. Missed 13:19 3-3
    Victor Hedman 3rd
  12. Goal 12:04 3-3
    Tyler Johnson 3rd
  13. Missed 11:21 2-3
    Cedric Paquette 3rd
  14. Missed 11:15 2-3
    Mitchell Stephens 3rd
  15. Missed 11:10 2-3
    Victor Hedman 3rd
  16. Missed 8:30 2-3
    Derick Brassard 3rd
  17. Missed 7:19 2-3
    Anthony Beauvillier 3rd
  18. Penalty 5:28
    Ryan McDonagh 3rd
  19. Missed 5:24 2-3
    Cal Clutterbuck 3rd
  20. Goal 2:32 2-3
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  21. Penalty 1:53
    Jordan Eberle 3rd
  22. Missed 19:59 1-3
    Nikita Kucherov 2nd
  23. Missed 16:21 1-3
    Ryan Pulock 2nd
  24. Missed 15:51 1-3
    Ondrej Palat 2nd
  25. Missed 15:10 1-3
    Mitchell Stephens 2nd
  26. Missed 15:05 1-3
    Pat Maroon 2nd
  27. Missed 14:13 1-3
    Mikhail Sergachev 2nd
  28. Goal 13:50 1-3
    Anthony Beauvillier 2nd
  29. Penalty 11:50
    Anders Lee 2nd
  30. Penalty 11:50
    Cedric Paquette 2nd
  31. Goal 11:50 1-2
    Adam Pelech 2nd
  32. Penalty 9:16
    Mitchell Stephens 2nd
  33. Missed 2:19 1-1
    Pat Maroon 2nd
  34. Missed 1:08 1-1
    Anthony Beauvillier 2nd
  35. Goal 16:31 1-1
    Mikhail Sergachev 1st
  36. Goal 12:58 0-1
    Cal Clutterbuck 1st
  37. Missed 12:49 0-0
    Adam Pelech 1st
  38. Missed 12:06 0-0
    Mitchell Stephens 1st
  39. Missed 10:06 0-0
    Nikita Kucherov 1st
  40. Missed 4:12 0-0
    Scott Mayfield 1st
  41. Missed 3:35 0-0
    Cedric Paquette 1st
  42. Missed 2:40 0-0
    Mikhail Sergachev 1st
  43. Missed 1:03 0-0
    Ondrej Palat 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 3-5
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 3-5
    3rd
  3. Hit 19:58 3-5
    Luke Schenn 3rd
  4. Hit 19:54 3-5
    Pat Maroon 3rd
  5. Face Off 19:32 3-5
    Cedric Paquette 3rd
  6. Penalty 19:32
    Barclay Goodrow 3rd
  7. Penalty 19:32
    Matt Martin 3rd
  8. Face Off 19:24 3-5
    Cedric Paquette 3rd
  9. Penalty 19:24
    Victor Hedman 3rd
  10. Penalty 19:24
    Jean-Gabriel Pageau 3rd
  11. Penalty 19:24
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  12. Penalty 19:24
    Cal Clutterbuck 3rd
  13. Penalty 19:24
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  14. Goal 19:24 3-5
    Jean-Gabriel Pageau 3rd
  15. Blocked 19:19 3-4
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  16. Face Off 19:14 3-4
    Mitchell Stephens 3rd
  17. Stoppage 19:14 3-4
    3rd
  18. Face Off 19:03 3-4
    Jean-Gabriel Pageau 3rd
  19. Stoppage 19:03 3-4
    3rd
  20. Blocked 18:59 3-4
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  21. Giveaway 18:57 3-4
    Scott Mayfield 3rd
  22. Blocked 18:46 3-4
    Kevin Shattenkirk 3rd
  23. Giveaway 18:40 3-4
    Scott Mayfield 3rd
  24. Blocked 18:36 3-4
    Kevin Shattenkirk 3rd
  25. Giveaway 18:22 3-4
    Semyon Varlamov 3rd
  26. Hit 18:00 3-4
    Tyler Johnson 3rd
  27. Face Off 17:41 3-4
    Brock Nelson 3rd
  28. Stoppage 17:41 3-4
    3rd
  29. Shot 17:41 3-4
    Anthony Cirelli 3rd
  30. Shot 17:31 3-4
    Erik Cernak 3rd
  31. Hit 17:13 3-4
    Leo Komarov 3rd
  32. Hit 17:00 3-4
    Brock Nelson 3rd
  33. Hit 16:47 3-4
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  34. Face Off 16:35 3-4
    Anthony Cirelli 3rd
  35. Goal 16:35 3-4
    Brock Nelson 3rd
  36. Hit 16:13 3-3
    Barclay Goodrow 3rd
  37. Face Off 15:55 3-3
    Jean-Gabriel Pageau 3rd
  38. Stoppage 15:55 3-3
    3rd
  39. Face Off 15:48 3-3
    Yanni Gourde 3rd
  40. Stoppage 15:48 3-3
    3rd

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