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BoltProspects: @dschara36 Likely in the convo are Gudas, Barberio, Johnson, Brown, Connolly.

BoltProspects: When @conhockey19 was dreaming of the NHL, this probably wasn't part of it: http://t.co/wDxKMO5H0D (via AP, @TBLightningFeed)

BoltProspects: Alright, it's been fun but I'm turning the account back over to Chad. Until next time, this is @mikegallimore

BoltProspects: @860Ryan727 Really, it depends. Probably only going to happen in event of injury. So role and position big factors.

BoltProspects: @860Ryan727 Let me check my crystal ball...;-)

BoltProspects: What a treat to watch all three rookies (Conacher, Killorn and Palat) in the lineup combine for 5 points (1 G, 4 A), help right the ship.

BoltProspects: TB officially victorious. Seem to detect a vaguely familiar sense of satisfaction.

BoltProspects: Not sure Hall gets to that puck as cleanly.

BoltProspects: Crombeen has the wheels to get good enough positioning to fend off the backcheck and hook just enough there.

BoltProspects: TB really does have a flair for the dramatic.

BoltProspects: Tick...tick...tick.

BoltProspects: Not the hardest shot from Zidlicky but Lindback stands tall, absorbs the puck, even with traffic moving across from him. Nice work, Anders.

BoltProspects: Hate to see a shutout ruined, period, but especially with a SH goal against.

BoltProspects: Temporarily regained possession but tried, and failed, to slide the puck along the boards to Purcell.

Bolts at Devils Game Updates

Following a closely-contested 4 -3 defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins last night, the Tampa Bay Lightning departed for New Jersey to prepare for tonight’s 7 p.m. puck drop at the Prudential Center against the Devils. Not much has changed in term...

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Mathieu Garon said he felt a lot better Tuesday and does not believe his lower-body injury is serious.

In fact, Garon, listed as day to day, said he hopes to be ready to play “in a couple of days.”

“We’ll have to test it on the ice, but in a couple of days, hopefully, I’ll be good.”

In the meantime, Cedrick Desjardins was called up from AHL Syracuse and will be the backup to Anders Lindback tonight at New Jersey.

Garon, who was having another superb game Monday against the Penguins, was hurt early in the second period as he twisted himself to prepare for a shot. And he, in fact, made a terrific save on Evgeni Malkin’s one-timer from in front of the net.

But at the next break in the action, Garon was looked at by head athletic trainer Tommy Mulligan and left the game at 2:19 of the period after stopping 12 of 13 shots.

Garon, whose 2011-12 season ended in a March 6 game against the Senators because of a torn groin, said his current injury has nothing to do with any previous problem, though he declined to give specifics

So did coach Guy Boucher

“It’s day-to-day,” he said. “We’ll see but right now it’s not something to fall off a bridge for.”

Garon has played in six consecutive games for Tampa Bay, including five starts. He is just 1-4-0 in that stretch but has a respectable 2.61 goals-against average and .912 save percentage.

Other stuff from the morning: Left wing Ryan Malone will miss his 13th game with a lower body injury. Boucher said malone had a hard practice Tuesday, the results of which might go a long way to determining when Malone plays, but it will not be against the Devils. … Other than Lindback in net and Desjardins as the backup, Boucher said he will go with the same lineup as in Monday’s 4-3 loss to the Penguins. … Ondrej Palat got good reviews for his first NHL game Monday in which he had 9:28 of ice time and his first NHL point, an assist, on Tom Pyatt’s goal. “The guys are bigger and quicker and the first couple of shifts I looked around, how is it to play in the NHL,” Palat said. “But after a couple of shifts I felt pretty comfortable and played my game.” As for gaining his first NHL point, Palat said, “I’m very happy, but too bad we lost the game.” … Pyatt could have sustained some major damage Monday when Nate Thompson’s deflected shot hit him under his nose. Instead, the puck deflected off him and floated past crouching goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Pyatt said he didn’t even know he had scored until his teammates began celebrating. “I was down on my knees checking my teeth,” Pyatt said. … Another reason we like Pierre-Cedric Labrie. When Pittsburgh’s Deryk Engelland slipped and fell during his fight with Labrie, Labrie stopped fighting. “I fought him before, like three years ago in Manitoba,” Labrie said. “I remember I slipped and while I was down he just stopped, a loyal player. I respect that kind of player for sure.”

The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled goaltender Cedrick Desjardins from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today. Desjardins, 27, has appeared in 28 AHL games this sea...

Tom Pyatt, a third-line player known most for his blue-collar contributions, was given a nickname last season by head coach Guy Boucher that seems to appropriately fit the area of the ice in which he excels, and scores goals. Mr. Blue Paint, as...

BoltProspects: @edchambe no trade clause