Instead of taking on the New Jersey Devils the Tampa Bay Lightning were skating on a practice rink in Buffalo. As they continue to deal with last-minute changes (they were literally on a plane waiting to go to New Jersey when they found out the game was postponed) they have adopted a “control the things we can control” mentality. As a veteran team they’ve shown an uncanny ability to adapt to changing circumstances be it due to injury or schedule upheaval.
They may have been off, but things still went on around the league.