Lightning blow two-goal lead, lose to Devils 5-3

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Saturday afternoon where their three-game win streak and their eight-game point streak were broken. Jan Rutta, Pat Maroon, and Victor Hedman scored for Tampa Bay. Yegor Sharangovich scored twice, Dawson Mercer, Jimmy Vesey, and Tomas Tatar scored for New Jersey. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 26 shots while MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 31 of 34.

There is little else to say other than the Lightning completely blew this game. Entering the third period with a two-goal lead and limiting most of New Jersey’s offensive pressure before the final frameset the team up for what should’ve been their fourth straight win. Instead, they blew…