The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced the recall of defenseman Jake Dotchin from the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL. The Lightning achieved a victory against the Los Angeles Kings Monday afternoon, but did it without defenseman Victor Hedman in the lineup. It was reported that Hedman was out with illness. He came out for warm-ups but did not finish, and Luke Witkowski took his place in the line up.
If it’s not Hedman, then the only other conclusion would be that another defenseman was injured against the Kings. Frankly, that wouldn’t be surprising, especially given the record number of hits (41) the team laid on the Kings during the game.