""Fortunate bounce there, I just tried to jam it," Ritchie said. "Tony tried to find me down low, Lee got a touch on it. It's too hard to get your body around it and put it in, so I tried to just get it in the net.""
""I think it's a statement. We're up there with the top teams in the league, we show it when we play against the top teams, we're right in it with them," Ritchie said. "We're playing some good hockey right now, we just have to continue to build off of it.""
Ilya Sorokin stopped all 32 shots for his third shutout of the season and his 25th career shutout, tying Glenn "Chico" Resch for the franchise record, as the Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0. Calum Ritchie broke the scoreless tie in the third period and Casey Cizikas added an empty-net goal with two seconds remaining. Jonas Johansson made 17 saves for Tampa Bay. The Lightning were shut out for the first time this season and lost their third straight game. The Isles scored during the back half of a four-minute power play after Brandon Hagel's high-sticking double minor; Anders Lee tipped Tony DeAngelo's shot to Ritchie, who tucked the puck past Johansson at 12:46. Victor Hedman returned after missing 12 games, while Andrei Vasilevskiy and Nikita Kucherov remained out. The Islanders will play the Florida Panthers on Sunday.
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