Game 11: Tampa Bay at New Jersey
What is with the Tampa Bay Lightning and overtimes this season, anyways? Is this the only way that guys can get themselves some more ice time? Or is there some kind of conspiracy afoot?
Okay – not really a conspiracy theorist. I’m just being funny. But it’s kind of fun to speculate, all the same, isn’t it?
They lost to a Brodeur-less New Jersey Devils team in Newark 4-3.
I thought that this game was pretty lackluster. It was almost as if they were just going through the motions or something. Maybe it was because of the fact that Brodeur wasn’t play, I don’t know. But it was a pretty quiet game all the way around – even the shootout.
The three guys who stood out, to me, were Artyukhin, Jokinen, and Smith. Artyukhin as been the most consistent player for the team in the last 3 or 4 games. Jokinen had 2 of the 3 Lightning goals on the night. As for Smith, it wasn’t his best game, but he still played very well.
Shots, as has been the case, were a problem. Too high for New Jersey – near 40 shots allowed again; and too low for Tampa Bay. The Lightning had a pretty good powerplay, though, converting 2 of 3. Penalties were way down, which was also good. And Malone didn’t have any penalties in this game, so he’s up to a 4-game penalty-free streak now.
Don’t forget, I have a “Lecavalier Needs a Nickname” blog going, so stop by and cast your vote in the comments on the blog. I’ll be wrapping that up on Saturday. Assuming that there are enough people who have voted, of course.
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