Lightning Round: Firing on all cylinders

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Tampa Bay Lightning are off to one of the best starts by a defending Stanley Cup champion in quite some time. While they are only eleven games into the season, they are also already eleven games into the season. That’s roughly 20% of this COVID-shortened season.

Last season, just prior to The Pause, they lost 7 of 10 games. Since then, including the round robin and playoff games, they’ve won they’re last 26 out of 34 games. So far this season, they’ve only failed to pick up three points out of a possible twenty-two. That’s not too shabby. Last night’s game had trap game written all over it. They had controlled play the night before against the…