After one season as a Boston assistant, the Massachusetts native coached the New York Islanders before going on to Carolina, Philadelphia, Nashville and Washington. This is Laviolette’s sixth head-coaching job in the NHL, after he played his only 12 games in the league for the Rangers in 1988. They made the playoffs and lost in the first round each of the first two before missing this year, and Laviolette and the team decided to go their separate ways.
Most recently, Laviolette spent the past three seasons coaching the Washington Capitals. “As we move forward in our goal to consistently contend for the Stanley Cup, I am confident that Peter is the right head coach to lead our team.” “Peter’s impressive resume, which includes winning a Stanley Cup and advancing to the final with three different teams, has made him one of the most respected coaches in the league,” Dolan said. He coached Carolina to the Stanley Cup in 2006 and has taken two other teams to the final: Philadelphia in 2010 and Nashville in 2017. Laviolette certainly has experience to fit the bill of doing that. Since Drury, a former captain, has taken over as general manager, the directive from owner James Dolan down has been to win the organization’s first championship since 1994. Gallant spent just two seasons behind the bench in New York, leading the team to the Eastern Conference final last year. Laviolette replaces Gallant, who mutually parted ways with the Rangers after their first-round playoff exit. “With Peter’s extensive experience as a head coach in the National Hockey League, as well as the success his teams have had at several levels throughout his career, we are excited about what the future holds with him leading our team,” general manager Chris Drury said in a statement. The team announced the selection of Laviolette on Tuesday, putting the U.S.-born leader in NHL coaching victories in charge at a time of great expectations, with the Original Six franchise firmly in win-now mode. The New York Rangers have hired Peter Laviolette as their next coach, bringing in a seasoned veteran with Stanley Cup-winning experience to replace Gerard Gallant. Through the ups and downs, Eberle remains a key clutch player for the Islanders: But sometimes you just have to reward a player for ending a double OT game that sometimes seemed like it would never end. Was Eberle’s overall performance all that great? Meh, not especially. If the margin for error remains this slim, the Islanders might need more nights like these from Varlamov. Varlamov stopped 36 out of 37 shots on goal in Game 5, negating the Lightning’s advantages in areas like high-danger chances (12-6 at even-strength). The pace was tortoise-slow in Game 5, more or less like Barry Trotz likes it.īut Varlamov’s strong play explains why the Islanders didn’t break. Yes, the Islanders remain a bend-but-don’t-break team. The other bigger winners are the Stars, as they rest up while these two duke it out for at least Game 6 (and maybe more). With Nikita Kucherov taking some hits, the Lightning continue to weather injuries, while the Islanders stay alive - ugly win or not. That happened after the Islanders took advantage of a whiff by Kevin Shattenkirk, with Anders Lee sending a great one-timer to Jordan Eberle for the overtime game-winner, and series-extender.
TB LIGHTNING VS NY ISLANDERS SERIES
Game 5 ended up extending into double OT, and then the series moved to a Game 6. (After all, the Stars punched their 2020 Stanley Cup Final ticket by taking advantage of an overtime power-play goal.)ĭespite that double-minor opportunity, the Lightning couldn’t score a second time against Semyon Varlamov. With about 90 seconds remaining in regulation of a tied 1-1 game, the Lightning went on what could have been a series-clinching power play. Not only was Mikhail Sergachev high-sticked the Lightning defenseman ended up bloodied. Things were very tight during the third period, until a big opportunity opponents up. It turns out that call (obvious as it was) ended up being pretty big, because both teams were stuck in a gridlock from then on. It seemed like Tampa Bay went up 2-1, but that goal would be negated.
It would end up being a long time until the Islanders scored their next goal in Game 5, but that wouldn’t end up being much solace for the Lightning.ĭuring the middle frame, Victor Hedman collected his eighth goal of an increasingly impressive postseason run. Late in the first period, Ryan Pulock scored a power-play goal to give the Islanders a 1-0 lead. Game 5: Islanders 2, Lightning 1 (TBL leads series 3-2) Their latest significant move involved handing defenseman Jonas Brodin a big contract extension.
The Islanders survived double overtime to avoid being eliminated by the Lightning. The Dallas Stars must wait for their opponent in the 2020 Stanley Cup Final.
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