On February 23rd, 2012, Mathieu Garon did not have a good game. Well, he didn’t have a good start to the second period. The Lightning came into the game riding a three-game winning streak. Steven Stamkos was a big part of that, as he scored five goals in those games.
Maybe it was the long flight to Winnipeg, or uncomfortable beds in the hotel, but the team came out, in Coach Boucher’s words, “tight.” Garon gave up two goals in the first and the Jets outshot the Lightning 16-9 in the opening 20 minutes. Things didn’t get better in the second.