Lightning's Vasilevskiy to make NHL debut Tuesday

by Thomas Drance
Jason Cohn / REUTERS

Hotshot Tampa Bay Lightning goaltending prospect Andrei Vasilevskiy will make his NHL debut on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, based on his leading the club out onto the ice for the warm-up skate.

Vasilevskiy, 20, is playing his first season of North American professional hockey and has performed very well for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. In 14 games with the Crunch, Vasilevskiy has managed a .918 save percentage so far season.

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