The biggest issue for the Tampa Bay Lightning last year was the penalty kill. This year they have gone 8/8 on the kill. I think that’s an improvement. [NHL dot com]
So the Lightning went back to basics Friday in practice, drilling the power play exhaustively through much of the training session. They also went back to a personnel alignment they’d had success with the previous season, moving Alex Killorn between the circles on the first unit and sending Brayden Point to the second unit where he could be more of a creator.