Though Jon Cooper might not be happy with the way his team played Wednesday night, he's not throwing his rookie goaltender under the bus.
Tampa Bay's 21-year-old rookie netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy made 44 saves in the lopsided 4-2 loss, but the team in front of him couldn't put forth the same effort.
"It's extremely disappointing to give up 48 shots," Cooper said postgame. "You feel bad for the kid. He's keeping us in there. We're not bailing him out."
Cooper, as usual, followed up with a joke about the situation.
Cooper: "It doesn't matter who was in net. We could've had Bish and Vasy in at the same time and they still might've squeaked a couple in."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) May 19, 2016
The Lightning have been outshot 124-69 through three games this series.
