The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks due to an illness. View the original article to see embedded media. With Vasilevskiy out,

The NHL has unveiled its quarter-century team for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Representing the best players to have suited up for the Bolts over the past 25 years, the first team is headlined for forwards Nikita Kucherov,

The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without their star goaltender against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. The team announced that Andrei Vasilevskiy will not play due to illness. The 30-year-old netminder has a 2.34 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in 37 games played this season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have called upon Kyle Konin to serve as the club’s emergency backup goaltender Tuesday versus the Chicago Blackhawks, reports Eduardo Encica of the Tampa Bay Times.

Today, the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Players are listed in alphabetical order.

Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy missed sat for Tampa Bay with an illness, and emergency backup Kyle Konin, 27, dressed for his fourth NHL game

But Blackhawks star Connor Bedard scored the tying goal with five seconds left on Chicago’s one-man-advantage with a remarkable tight-angle shot that found a tiny opening between goaltender Jonas Johansson’s left shoulder and the crossbar.

Kucherov danced his way to the right faceoff dot, pulling a Detroit defender toward him before cutting back to the right center hashmark. Kucherov shelved his shot into the top right corner of the Detroit net for his 21 st goal of the season.

Landon Slaggert scored the go-ahead goal in his season debut as the Chicago Blackhawks opened a three-game Eastern Conference road trip with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

When Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy trudges down the tunnel at Amalie Arena to begin pregame warmups, his mask appears white with only faint gray and pale blue markings. When the two-time Stanley Cup champion netminder hits the ice, that’s when the magic begins.

Lightning general manager Julian BriseBois believes that his team is playing better than last season despite their struggles.