Game 10: Ottawa at Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay Lightning came from behind to beat the Ottawa Senators in an 8-round shootout 3-2 for a 3-game win streak.
What would the Lightning do without their excellent goaltenders? They were so lucky to win versus the Senators. The Lightning seemed to be very sloppy and committed a lot of turnovers. Keeping possession of the puck was a big problem for them a lot of the time. But Smith allowed only 2 goals on 34 shots, and kept the team in it so they had a chance to win.
But they managed to make it to their fifth overtime game this season – their second shootout – and it’s only their tenth game of the season. And it was pretty exciting, with probably their best effort of the entire game. It went 8 rounds in the shootout, but the Lightning managed to pull out another win. Why people don’t like the shootout, I will never understand.
What’s up with Tampa Bay wanting to take as many slap shots as they can on the powerplay? I’ve been noticing this for a while now. I mean, sometimes, that’s all you can do. However, why do it all the time? The windup takes up extra time, and no matter how hard the shot is, it won’t go through the goalie.
Malone went penalty-free for the third game in a row now. He had a pretty good game, actually, as did Prospal. Lecavalier has a 4-game point streak going, with 4 goals and 2 assists during that time – his fourth goal scored during this game. And Artyukhin had a great game with 8 shots and a couple of breakaways and the game winning shot in the shootout.
The Lightning are now off on a 5-game road trip through most of the Atlantic Division, with a stop in Washington. It’s going to kill me that I won’t be able to go to the game to watch them play when they come through here. I had hoped to make it up to the game in Philadelphia, but that’s not going to happen – and neither is the game in Washington. So I’ll have to wait until later on this season. Hopefully, anyways. We’ll see how that goes.
By the way, I have a “Lecavalier Needs a Nickname” blog going, so stop by and cast your vote.
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