GDT: 11/20/23 - 7:00PM EDT - Boston vs Tampa Bay

[bigdaddio]

JJ times pretty much up

Yeah. 3 goals on 4 shots.

 

[Renopucker]

Nothing pisses off a goalie more than getting beat 5 hole. Swayman will be chewing his equipment off after that one. For 38 to see it and pop it, well that's impressive.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

 

[Antiramie]

Thank you baby Jesus!!!! What a game!

 

[Ducati Boy]

Best thing was everybody chipped in today. Loved the lower lines.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Lightning1995]

Unbelievable game, wow. What a pass by Kuch. And what a pass in OT by Heddy!

 

[Rschmitz]

Is there another signing in the league that looks better than the one we signed Hagel for?

 

[LightningStorm]

What a great win. Glad we continued to fight all 60 minutes despite the Bruins going up twice in the 3rd. And in OT we completely dominated possession before Hagel's goal.

 

[OffBy1]

Hedman +3, Serge -2. For the folks who say the +/- stat is worthless, sometimes it's not wrong.

Ace has been one of the most enjoyable players to watch this season. As someone else pointed out, he and Jeannot are a great third line pair. That was an awesome moment seeing Watson score what was a game-tying goal to get us back in it after those two deflating Boston goals.

Hedman's play to keep the puck in before Stammer scored was amazing. And so was his OT pass to Hagel. Stammer with several clutch faceoff wins. The team as a whole played great tonight, when the puck wasn't being poorly backhanded (twice) from deep in our zone onto a Bruin's stick and promptly into the back of our net.

JJ isn't high enough caliber to make our defense look acceptable, but he's given us chances to win most games he's played. Can you imagine last year's Brian Elliot trying to hold this team together for two months?

 

[These Are The Days]

The great OT curse is lifted BAYBAY

 

[Saskyboy]

Well that was a fun game to watch. Had to watch the gawd awful NESN feed with Jackass Edwards. So hard to listen to that stoner call a game and how terrible of a homer he is. So glad the Bolts were able to tie it up with seconds left and then actually win a couple faceoffs in OT. Low and behold they score and win. Great shot by Hagel going 5 hole after he went high on most of his other shots. Crazy how their line change got two guys behind all Boston players to make it a 2 on 0 for the winner. Will sleep good tonight.

 

[RDTBay4]

Finally, an exciting game to watch that we win.

Is Watson a possible Boyle?

What did Kucherov and Stamkos say to each other after the tying goal?

Is the Hagel contract going to be one of the biggest steals in Lightning history?

Is Eyssimont a top 6 forward?

 

[b0lthed]

Best effort of the season, no doubt, but still WAY too many basic mental mistakes in our zone. It’s better to address it after a win, and it’s all fixable, but damn … Boston had so many high-danger chances in the low slot that I lost count. Credit to them for cashing in, but all 4 of their goals were off of major mistakes by the Bolts. The Bs last goal saw THREE Lightning skater go behind the net to take on 2 Bruins. Cirelli was the only one in front of the net but he was looking behind and all 4 of our skaters appeared shocked to see the puck squirt out for an easy one-timer by Coyle.

I’m excited to see the offense take shape, I’m grateful to have seen a full 60+ minutes of consistent fight and focus, and I’m happy that there aren’t any passengers or obvious minor leaguers on the ice. But this horrifying defensive coverage HAS to improve, and quickly. I don’t want to see them waiting for Vasy to cover for them. Maybe he stops one of tonight’s 4 goals because he’s a warlock, but surely we can’t expect him to be at peak performance right out of the gate.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Hedman won us this game with the great keep in for the tying goal and the pass for Hagel's goal.

Starter's workload probably getting to Johansson as he's just getting worse and worse. Three of the four Boston goals came from defensive mistakes once again but we needed a save in that third period. On Beecher's goal you could've driven a train through his five hole.

 

[DaBolts]

I had to miss the 3rd period and OT due to getting up this early for work. What a game! Way to go boys.

I guess I need to quit working so I can stay up late for these great games.

 

[BoltSTH]

Hedman won us this game with the great keep in for the tying goal and the pass for Hagel's goal.

Starter's workload probably getting to Johansson as he's just getting worse and worse. Three of the four Boston goals came from defensive mistakes once again but we needed a save in that third period. On Beecher's goal you could've driven a train through his five hole.

At least Johansson has, at most, 1 more start for a while.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

I haven't had the chance to watch one, maybe two games all the way through this season because of random things and life, but for some reason the planets aligned, the kids went to bed 45 minutes earlier than normal and I got to watch. The big thing that struck me is they try to play really, really aggressive on the zone exits by flying all the forwards out, but right now the defensive pairings just aren't getting that puck out. You catch this on nearly each of those Boston goals, all the forwards are well and gone and you see someone like Perbix or de Haan back there and it just makes you cringe. The defenders aren't really always playing bad back there but a few guys need to learn to at least make a first pass or angle off the wall instead of dumping shit into middle ice for someone to grab with speed.

 

[Master P]

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

I’m going to keep on watching it all day

 

[Peacefool]

Wow what a game! Awesome! Lets just continue building after such a game!
I think Watson won spot over ABB, its like, where do you put ABB and SHeary at this point. Jeannot Motte/Cirelli Ace really good 3rd line. Watson plays hard fast at 4th. Like those combinations. Keep it going, Bolts!

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

That game was the tiiiiiiits.