Petr Mrazek's Unreal Stick Save On Brian Boyle [VIDEO]
Ben Bishop made 22 saves for the Lightning, although it was his counterpart, Petr Mrazek, who had the stop of the night — and maybe the season.
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Ben Bishop made 22 saves for the Lightning, although it was his counterpart, Petr Mrazek, who had the stop of the night — and maybe the season.
"We went down [to Tampa] and played a really solid game," Kronwall said after the Game 6 loss. "That's what we've got to do again."
The Red Wings have handled the higher level of physicality better than the Lightning, and Tampa Bay needs to match that grit to score.
"Ok, if you're trying to get out the "coach is whining for penalties" that's not it at all. It's the playoffs, this stuff happens" Cooper said.
"The old saying is, 'If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying,'" Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "They do it to a 'T.'"
Aside from a three-goal flurry at the end of Game 4, Detroit goalie Petr Mrazek has shut out the Lightning over the last three games.
Mike Babcock does not usually address his team after games. The Detroit Red Wings head coach deviated from that norm Thursday night.
Who has better taste in girlfriends -- Red Wings players or Lightning players?
The home crowd, of course, loved Abdelkader's defense of his teammate, and proud chants of "Abby! Abby! Abby! Abby!" filled the arena.
I'm pretty sure that's a cheep shot from the Lightning's Ryan Callahan on the Red Wings' Darren Helm.
Steve Yzerman concedes it feels odd to be facing the Detroit Red Wings in the opening round of the playoffs.
If Tampa is so great why are they blocking non-Florida residents from coming to their games? Are they scared?
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins took so long to clinch a playoff berth, they almost missed the postseason altogether.
Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader expressed confidence Red Wings fans would find ways around the restrictions the Lightning have enacted.
The games in Florida are for Florida residents only. In other words, Red Wings fans, your money's no good there.
Petr Mrazek gave up five goals in two periods Thursday to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who jumped into first place in the East with the win.
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Thursday night.
Steven Stamkos scored twice and Ryan Callahan had the lone shootout goal to lift Tampa Bay to a 4-3 win over Detroit for the Lightning's sixth straight victory.
Alex Killorn scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period, Ondrej Palat had two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit 4-2 Saturday night in the Red Wings' 6,000th regular-season game.
Former NHL defenseman Brian Rafalski has agreed to contract terms with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.
Petr Mrazek stopped 24 shots for Detroit, which lost its fifth in a row.
The Lightning will try to avoid their longest road losing streak in five years by capitalizing on another meeting with the slumping Red Wings on Sunday.
Henrik Zetterberg scored both goals for Detroit, which lost its fifth straight at home. Jimmy Howard made 31 saves.
