Today in Philadelphia, Andrei Vasilevskiy had his second shutout in as many games, a feat that hasn’t been accomplished by a Lightning goaltender since Dwayne Roloson in 2011. At times, given the six penalties that the Bolts had to kill during course of this game, Vasilevskiy held players in by sheer force of his pads and his will. The game ended with shots at a ridiculous 32-18, with Steve Mason saving 15 of the shots for a final score of 3-0.
Cooper began the game with an 11F/7D lineup. At first I pondered that it was a decision inspired by facing the Flyers, who have been offensively tough this season, but Fox Sports announced that Brian Boyle was out with an upper body injury despite taking warmups.