TBO · Dec 5, 2018
Eddie Pasquale pulls out shootout win in NHL debut
There's nothing like a shootout for a goalie's first NHL game. Eddie Pasquale gave up five goals in regulation but he came up big in the shootout, as the Lightning beat Detroit, 6-5 on Tuesday.
"It was great," Mathieu Joseph said, looking across the dressing room with a big grin for his former Syracuse Crunch teammate. "A shootout in your first game is pretty nerve-wracking. He handled it pretty well."
Pasquale didn't figure on allowing five goals and still getting the win, but that's how it went.
He wasn't nervous—that's the benefit of having a 28-year-old rookie.