Sunday, 4 a.m.
Turns out, the Tampa Bay Lightning will not go undefeated this year.
The Bolts lost a 5-4 game to Ottawa Saturday afternoon, giving up two power play goals and short-hander in their loss.
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“They got their breaks and took advantage of them,” said coach Jon Cooper. “We didn’t take advantage of ours.”
The Senators had five power play opportunities during the day.
Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy let in five of 28 shots.
The Bolts got another goal from Nikita Kucherov, who now has seven in four games. Nicholas Paul, Jake Guentzel and Mitchell Chaffee each had a goal.
The Bolts are on the road Tuesday night to face Toronto at 7:30 p.m.