Please forgive Tampa Bay Lightning fans if they’re a little unnerved at the site of Steven Stamkos heading off the ice favoring his leg. Throughout his lengthy career in Tampa he’s had some issues with his lower body. In 2013, we all remember the shattered right tibia in Boston. Then, in 2016, it was a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee that knocked him out for almost 100 days. He also had minor surgery on the same knee prior to the 2021 playoff run.
On Saturday, it was his left knee that seemed to give him some issues.