The new season is underway with a win for the Tampa Bay Lightning and now they have a couple of days to digest the victory and prepare for their upcoming road trip. A really, really good start was almost tripped up by some of the issues that plagued them last year, but a strong special teams unit and timely goaltending bailed them out in the end as they sent the crowd home happy with a 5-3 win. Let’s take a look at some things that stood out in the games.
Goaltending
All eyes were on Jonas Johansson as he started in net for the injured Andrei Vasilevskiy.