TAMPA, Fla. -- The road weary Tampa Bay Lightning return home Thursday to host a Vancouver Canucks team that has been in Florida longer this week than the home club.
Tampa Bay returns to Amalie Arena for the first time in three weeks after completing a stretch of eight consecutive games on the road, sandwiched around the All-Star break. Though the Lightning completed that part of their schedule with a 5-3 record, they ended things on a down note following a 6-2 loss in Edmonton on Monday.
"We're not executing on breakouts. We're spending unnecessary time in our end, which is putting unnecessary stress on our goaltenders, which is why you're seeing a lot of shot volume against this last stretch, which is alarming for sure," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said.