NHL Highlights | Blues vs. Lightning – December 19, 2023

Nikita Kucherov potted two goals and Nick Paul recorded three points as the Tampa Bay Lightning made light work of the St. Louis Blues winning 6-1.
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00:00:00 –
00:00:04 – 1st Regulation Period
00:05:20 – 2nd Regulation Period
00:07:30 – 3rd Regulation Period

Couple of lineup shuffles here you’ll see as we go along here in the first period starting for the lighning Anthony stelli with Brandon Hegel and Steven stanos and they chase that Pucket in the St Louis Zone Nick ly veteran Blues defenseman tries to work it up the board comes out in front

Here’s a shot on the way and Bennington called him on to make a stop right off the fat on Steven stanos deliberately with point and c and interesting look here’s Point middle of the ice steps into the Zone Point drops this off to Paul it’s shot in a hard snapshot that

Just missed short side on the drive and bennington’s busy early here pest inside the line Glen Denning trying to hold it in there it’s moved out to Center eyes here’s Hayden flurry flurry stays in the lineup a healthy scratch along the blue line is f defected in Jano Banks it in off of

Aimon and a quick stop guard for the lightning it’s one nothing lightning have come out with great Authority and they they get a gift here this time uh not so much and good on Jano for getting in there and taking advantage of see even the cameraman

Thought the puck was going to go around the wall and then he just gets it into the paint area I aimont being covered but he just goes to the net go to the open side and see what happens he knows as you know is going to put the puck in

There somehow goes in off him good start for the lightning that may be possible did it go in off his hand are they going to call for hand pass M they are still on the headsets down below us this would be a great good look there guys good looks there

Yeah this would be a great start for the lighting here on home ICE it’s deceiving each camera angle shows you something a little bit different than depth perception and look at how look at how long they finally have a verdict here is Wes mccaulay after reviewing the play the call on the

Ice is confirmed we have a goal you know okay that’s great so it’s one nothing but we still don’t have any confirmation from the officials that puck out in front of the net with a Top Line and instead Here Comes CRA the leak’s leading score still down the right side

Good driw to the middle for p thr big save by Bennington on Nick Paul great Rush good shot look at COV left side he’s waiting for the defenseman come on come on on the backand COV has no problem making backhand passes he’s the best in the game right now at passing on

The backand that opens up so many things great got tangled up in the Blue Zone stays in behind the goal line battling forward in St goes and he in front for Celli with a shot and Bennington again makes the save here’s Mikey hont as they still have him listed as the goal score

Tonight we’s see if that changes long L shot rebound it there and it’s knocked Away by scandel going to work it against bulk up to the blow line AB theage now to the middle Chi aside there’s a chance coming in save by vki on that Rush up

The ice that was kyou who’s at a hot stick buy back along the sidewall jerx steps up on [Applause] him set a work it in front goes it out in front into a Sherry his second p is loose scamble in front and it go in the Score somebody found it and I think this is going to be Tyler M making it two nothing Tampa Bay this is typical of the way the lightning have played in this first period the word is intensity you can have all the structure and all the

Details you want you can draw it up on paper all you want this has been an intense first period every shift for the lightning and that is the epitome of it bennington’s fed up here because he kind of gets pushed out of the way by all the

Bodies but keep getting the puck back into the blue paint you know the St Louis coaches are going to want to look and see can we help our goal tender because the defense are doing it well enough the lightning just will this one into the back of the net just keep

Pushing and pushing and I think they were looking to see if Ben chance or two Shen off the Stick of points gathered by flurry fur he settles things down gets it away to Nick Paul here’s points up the middle dishes to COV COV hangs on takes the shot star M

COV finds the seam and makes it three nothing Lightning scorer could take a page out of Nikita Cero’s book shooting from long distance puts the brakes on then look at the double screen Nick Paul an excellent job he’s like a door opening and closing COV gets up top but what does he see he has to get it by

The first guy but Nick Paul is the door that’s closed and then he’ll open the door watch him move out of the way that may even have nicked them a little bit I’m not sure around very good period which shows up on the scoreboard ahead 3 Z yeah the

Only bad news is that it appears as though male cev is done for the night he did not play another shift after blocking that shot they’ve adjusted the shot total by the way after the first 20 minutes 14-4 is now the official shot total in the opening

Period Here Comes Nick perix in over the line for Tampa Bay looks the puck all the way in Cuts back hangs on and the just sov COV shot scores Nikita coov with his second of the game great play from perck and it’s for nothing lightning who at times has had problems with his

Confidence but does a real nice patient job here puts the brakes on and then makes the logical play kucherov does the right thing and he covers up for furck you have to have a forward cover up on defense when your defenseman is deep in the offensive zone this is a bad goal on

Bennington at go five hole but when you’re a goal scorer Nikita CRA found the hole and it’s four zist sunquist is score short-handed here he comes drops it Oh shot save biny Bin’s down and he keeps it out and who was ready for that Celli finds the buck dishes to

Hegel The Sting Co pass was in his skates they reload back to florry his shot scores hayen furry with his first goal of the Season 5 nothing Tampa Bay the lightning D coming through with a goal change too but the lightning do a terrific job of moving the puck around Steven stap gos

Might have had a goal but he it went in his feet look at the traffic in front so many bodies in Bennington having one of those nights where he just can’t find it excellent work by Hayden flurry the end over Ender goes sails underneath the glove look at that one hit a Rolling

Puck stay down on it control it if you tilt your shoulders too much in the Box for roughing he picked that up at the 20 minute Mark of the second period so vasileski might be called upon to make another couple of saves here St

Louis is 0 for one they have no shots KW holds the line keeps it in across to Braden Chen Chen in across P Davis Big Save By bitki The Rebound to the line and out Thomas Thomas picks up that part and now it’s Hegel Break It Away Brandon Hegel shorthanded in Stu by

Hoper gets his own rebound out the cornerback to points and that is blocked by Paro Stam G up top Victor hman loads slaps it down his tackles in from scores Nick Paul power play goal and it is 6 nothing but this is terrific they had a couple

Of looks I really like Nick Paul walking out from the beside the net to one time and this is how it finished with Paul getting his stick presenting it to Steven Stam Co stammer knows what he wants to do with it he’d already taken a look you see Colton pero was guarding

With his stick in the middle he was assuming that his partner he’ll go across second unit out there for St Louis over a minute gone in their power play here’s Hayes Haze to ful back up to Kevin Hayes quick shot ends up being a pass down low here’s faul again rer

Scores Justin Fulk power play goal and St Louis gets one on the board Justin Faulk longtime power play defenseman there’s Brad Richards finally come through with one Faulk will just inch his way down right into the middle of the ice it’s an excellent shot nice play good Puck control gets down about

The top of the circle vasileski I believe is on the move out here as the shot is coming if it it beats him low I don’t think it was touched in front Robert thallis as it goes into the corner and this one is finally bed down

Picked up on the Fly save by vaski on kyou another long R shot stopped by vasileski again but that is it they don’t need it it’s is a thorough beating of the St Louis Blues tonight 61 is the Final