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Andrei Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

W
30
L
20
OTL
2
GAA
2.90
SV%
.900
SO
2
Bio
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/220 lbs
Born: Tyumen, Russia
Draft: 2012 1st round (19th pick) by the
Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Tampa Bay Times

    Lightning's Jon Cooper apologizes, Vasilevskiy promises to be smarter

    Even more than losing the first-round series to the Panthers, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday, the inadvertent swipe he took at women after Monday's Game 5 loss was what pained him most. Cooper opened his season wrap-up news conference by apologizing for what many perceived as a sexist comment after his team's 6-1, season-ending loss to the Panthers in Sunrise. “I made an inappropriate analogy about goalies and skirts,” Cooper said. Cooper had been upset about goaltender interference calls that negated two Lightning goals in the loss to the Panthers, which eliminated Tampa Bay from the playoffs in the first round for the second straight season.

  • Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

    Games are finished for the Lightning, but hard decisions still remain

    SUNRISE — They remained on the ice not in celebration, but out of obligation. One after another, the Lightning lined up to congratulate Florida players following a 6-1 loss in Game 5 that ended another season prematurely. When the niceties were completed, Andrei Vasilevskiy tossed his stick to a Lightning fan, Steven Stamkos stood in front of the bench to greet each player skating off the ice ...

  • Stamkos scores twice, Lightning defeat Panthers in Game 4 to avoid sweep 

    Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Brandon Hagel and Brayden Point each had three points for the Lightning, the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the East. Stamkos gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 8:54 of the first period, a one-timer below the left face-off circle off a backhand pass from Point.