Given the inconsistent play of the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, there was an air of skepticism heading into yesterday’s match up against the surprisingly strong Buffalo Sabres. Well, after yesterday’s game where we saw the Lightning play arguably their most complete game of the season, it looks like they might be back to their old selves.
The Bolts went with a new-look top line of Tyler Johnson, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov to start the game, and this line came through huge for the Lightning early.