MOSCOW, April 21 National Hockey League club head coach ( NHL) «Tampa Bay Lightning» John Cooper said that Russian goaltender Andrey Vasilevsky refused to leave for replacement after the second period of the match against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The second meeting of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the Eastern Conference of the NHL, which took place in Toronto, ended with a score of 7:2 (3:0, 3:1, 1:1) in favor of the owners of the site. Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevsky saved 28 of 35 shots.
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"Vasilevsky stopped me quickly (with substitution ). Therefore, he is the best in the world. He doesn't leave the field. I bow to this guy,» the Tampa Bay Times quotes Cooper.
The score in the series to four victories became equal — 1-1. The third match will take place in Tampa on the night of April 22-23 Moscow time.