Quick Strikes: Is Mathieu Joseph making the Tampa Bay Lightning?

The Recap

After some early preseason jitters, the Tampa Bay Lightning came out guns ablaze in a 6-2 beatdown of the Florida Panthers at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, home of the new ECHL affiliate of the Lightning, the Orlando Solar Bears.

Prospect Mathieu Joseph — who looks more and more likely to make the Bolts — had a three-point night, including two goals and an assist on the goal that put the Lightning ahead at a key moment in the game.

Louis Domingue stopped 36 of 38 shots he faced in 60 minutes of play, a high amount for the usually stingey Lightning who were icing most of their regulars, plus Slater Koekkoek and Erik Cernak.

In Bryan Burns’ “3 Things” recap of the game, a quote…