The shutout was Vasilevskiy's 20th in the NHL. He defeated the Arizona Coyotes 4-0 on Thursday and has not allowed a goal in 145:55. He's 8-0-0 with a 1.63 goals-against average and .946 save percentage in his past eight games.
"I've said this before, a shutout is something the whole team deserves," Vasilevskiy said. "Team played great defensively, all the defensemen and forwards. Tonight one goal was enough for us to win because we played good defensively."
It's the third straight game the Lightning have their opponent to 25 shots on goal or fewer, and they're allowing 28.8 shots per game during their winning streak, down from 32.0 in their first 34 games.
"I think it's just all five guys on the ice really clogging the middle of the ice and allowing [Vasilevskiy] to see most of the pucks," Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman said. "I think it's just a team effort of really being cognizant about our own end. We can see when we play good there we spend more time in the offensive zone. That's been the key for us."
Maroon scored his first goal in 24 games at 7:27 of the second period. Anthony Cirelli backhanded the puck high into the Flyers zone, and Maroon and Niskanen tried gloving it, but it landed at their feet and Maroon knocked the bouncing puck under Hart's glove for his sixth of the season.
"We had chances on the power play (0-for-3, one in the third period)," Philadelphia forward Kevin Hayes said. "We didn't make it work. When you have four or five chances on the power play, you've got to get some of your chances. I thought that was the difference tonight."
