St. Pete Times
Game Story
Once again the Tampa Bay Lightning came out flat and were unable to recover in time to gain a victory. This time the Lightning were outplayed by the Toronto Maple Leafs giving up 4 goals on 35. Despite a good game from their top offensive players, the Lightning were only able to manage 2 goals on 26 shots.
GM Moon:
“35 shots is way too many for us to be giving up, especially if we are only going to score 2 goals. I thought Pavel skated well out there tonight and made some nice moves to set up the two goals, but his play has been too inconsistent and he has not even come close to scoring as much as we need him to.”
Surprisingly the Lightning were very disciplined this game and it seems their rough ways of earlier in the season have been curbed for now. Kloucek played his second game in a row without taking a penalty and his lead is down to only 2 PIM over Barret Jackman for the league lead.
The Springfield Falcons were able to get the win against the St. John Leafs in a high scoring 6-5 game.
The Lightning next play in two nights when they head to Dallas to battle the Stars. GM Moon has hinted that there may be changes coming to the line-up whether they are through trades, AHL call ups or line juggling.
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