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2014-15 regular season

Lightning at Islanders

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1

Islanders beat Lightning 3–1 at UBS Arena on December 20, 2014.

TBL – NYI
21–48
Shots on goal
25–46
Hits
17–15
Blocked shots
16–17
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Anders Lee
1 G
4 shots · 13:18 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
John Tavares
1 G
4 shots · 19:03 TOI
3rd star 🏝️ NYI
Nikolay Kulemin
1 G
4 shots · 13:28 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
3rd period
⚡ Brett Connolly Go-ahead 3rd · 09:16
Assists: Tyler Johnson, Mark Barberio · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–0
🏝️ John Tavares Tying 3rd · 16:51
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–1
🏝️ Anders Lee Go-ahead 3rd · 17:03
Assists: Travis Hamonic, Brock Nelson · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–2
🏝️ Nikolay Kulemin Empty net 3rd · 18:49
Assists: Cal Clutterbuck
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Palat · Johnson · Filppula 16:44
L2 Stamkos · Paquette · Kucherov 16:17
L3 Drouin · Boyle · Callahan 14:14
L4 Killorn · Morrow · Connolly 11:54
D1 Hedman · Barberio 22:55
D2 Gudas · Carle 21:38
D3 Stralman · Garrison 15:10
🏝️Islanders
L1 Tavares · Nelson · Okposo 19:03
L2 Nielsen · Grabovski · Strome 16:28
L3 Kulemin · Lee · Bailey 13:28
L4 Martin · Cizikas · Clutterbuck 12:33
D1 Boychuk · de Haan 21:06
D2 Hamonic · Leddy 19:36
D3 Visnovsky · Hickey 17:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL NYI🏝️
21 Shots on goal 48
25 Hits 46
17 Blocked shots 15
16 Takeaways 17
17 Giveaways 20
6 Penalty minutes 4
TBL shooting 4.8% (1/21) NYI shooting 6.2% (3/48)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
45/47
.957 SV% · 2 GA · 58:46 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Jaroslav Halak
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Brett Connolly · 3rd 09:16 · 1–0 John Tavares · 3rd 16:51 · 1–1 Anders Lee · 3rd 17:03 · 1–2 Nikolay Kulemin · 3rd 18:49 · 1–3
TBL NYI
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 9-6-1 (56% win rate, 16 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 11-2 (85% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 6-0-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 2nd: 11-3 (79% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Islanders lead the season series 2–1
Nov 182014 ⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI 2–5 Nov 152014 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 2–5 Mar 272014 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 2–3 SO Jan 162014 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 2–1 SO Dec 172013 ⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI 3–2 SO
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Who won Lightning vs Islanders on December 20, 2014?

Islanders won 3–1. The final score was Lightning 1, Islanders 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brett Connolly.

Who scored for Islanders?

Anders Lee, John Tavares, Nikolay Kulemin.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 45 saves on 47 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Islanders season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 19 ⚡TBL @ 😈NJD 2–3 AfterDec 23 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 3–4
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 19 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 2–1 AfterDec 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 3–1
Also on December 20
🌵ARI 2–4 👑LAK 🏔️COL 5–1 ⚔️BUF 🔔PHI 7–4 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 1–4 🇨🇦MTL 🦅WSH 4–0 😈NJD 🐆FLA 1–3 🐧PIT 🗽NYR 3–2 🌪️CAR 🪶CHI 2–3 🧥CBJ
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