Vasilevskiy Has Career Third Shutout as Lightning Win

By ESPN

Andrei Vasilevskiy faced 20 shots in the third period Monday night, so there wasn't much time for him to worry about the status of his shutout.

The Tampa Bay Lightning goalie was more worried about a victory, anyway.

Vasilevskiy made 34 saves for his third career shutout, J.T. Brown and Ryan Callahan scored 42 seconds apart in the first period and the Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4-0 on Monday night.

"We get two points, that's most important," Vasilevskiy said, "and the shutout is a little bounce."

The goalie said he expected the Islanders to press in the third after being outshot 17-4 in the second.

"Usually when a team plays not that good (in the second period), they make a push in the third," Vasilevskiy said. "We did a good job on the (penalty kill) and the game overall, blocked shots and good play. I just want to say thank you to our guys for the shutout."

Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov scored as the Lightning won for the fourth time in seven games (4-2-1) following a three-game skid.

Steven Stamkos had two assists to help Tampa Bay complete a sweep of the three-game season series with the Islanders -- all within the last 14 days -- by a combined 14-2 margin.

Monday, November 14 Scoreboard

Tampa Bay 4, New York Islanders 0

Tuesday November 15 Schedule (All Times Central)

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m.

New York Rangers at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 9 p.m.