Last night’s meeting between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes looked an awful lot like playoff hockey. It was the type of physical, hard-nosed hockey that is meant to be played in late March and April.
While the Lightning prevailed, aided by a four goal third period, there were positives to take away from some of Carolina’s play, specifically their net drives in the first period.
As the hockey intensifies and goals become harder to score, the pretty plays seem to evaporate and more and more goals are scored from in tight.