
Sunday, 3 a.m.
If you're wondering, yeah, things have gone better for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Lightning lost their third game in four tries Saturday in Nashville, falling 5-4 in a shootout to the Predators. Former old friend Steven Stamkos scored a goal in regulation and the only goal of the shootout to make it worse. The Bolts have now given up 20 goals in their last four games.
The Bolts also were doing damage control after reports surfaced that star Nikita Kucherov wanted out of Tampa.
Kucherov had three assists in the loss.
The Bolts led sporadically during the game. John Carlson tied the game at 1-1 in the first period, then Jake Guentzel scored his eighth goal for a 2-1 lead. Victor Hedman makde it 3-2 and Colnor Geeie made it 4-3 early in the third period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29 of 33 shots, but his record fell to 6-4-1.
The Lightning is home at Benchmark Internatinoal Arena Tuesday at 7 p.m.