3
0
Lightning still struggling to find more than ~20 minutes of consistent hockey a night.
TB-1
CAR-3
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 41 shots for the loss. He was the only reason the Lightning had a chance tonight.
First Period
NO SCORING
Second Period
6:56 CAR Necas (10), (Bear, Jarvis)(PP)
9:39 TB Paul (12), (Colton)
13:55 CAR DeAngelo (10), (Svechnikov, Teravainen)(PP)
Third Period
8:07 CAR Aho (28), (Jarvis, Slavin)
19:00 TB Killorn (19), (Hedman, Kucherov)
Team came out, played about 18 minutes of good hockey, and then allowed themselves to be completely dominated the rest of the night. At a certain point, some of the best players on the club (looking at you, in particular, Kucherov and Palat) need to start playing like it. There’s a certain energy and sharpness that’s been missing and needs to start to come into their game right now heading into the postseason.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
