For the second day in a row, the Lightning put together a solid game against a good team. Yesterday, that resulted in a 2-1 win over the Kings. Tonight, they came out on the opposite side of the score line.
Tampa started well in the first period. They controlled the pace of the game and created some quality chances. The coaches didn’t seem committed to any particular lines or pairings and mixed up the combinations throughout the early part of the game. The first big chance came to Kucherov following a cross ice pass from Vladislav Namestnikov. Kucherov had plenty of net available on the shot but missed the net wide.