Lightning Round: Bolts drop close one to Panthers

Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty ImagesAnother preseason game down and another loss in the books. Good thing these don’t really count. The Tampa Bay Lightning went down to South Florida and dropped a 3-2 decision to the Florida Panthers on a late Brandon Montour power play goal. Nick Paul and Vlad Namestnikov scored for the Lightning who are now 0-4 on the preseason with just four total goals scored.

It’s not great, but it’s not the end of the world. Last night was the first game where most of their starters played together and they had a decent game. Andrei Vasilevskiy made his first appearance in the preseason and stopped 38 of 41 shots. Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Ross Colton, and Cal…