The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Los Angeles on Monday.
By necessity, the Lightning have been trying on different personas to help deal with an injury-ravaged roster and stay relevant in the pursuit of the postseason. Monday, they gave good old-fashioned “grit” a try, something with which the skill-oriented Bolts aren’t automatically familiar.
“I’ll be honest, what did we give up, two against Buffalo, two against Columbus, one against L.A.? The guys, since we had that four-game losing streak there, they’ve strung together nine straight. I know we didn’t get the result we wanted against Columbus, but we thought we deserved points out of that game and we felt like we deserved points out of this game tonight.