Monday, 4 a.m.
Coffee break’s over. It’s back to the grind.
The Tampa Bay Lightning, after two weeks off for the Four-Nation Tournament, returned to the ice Sunday night. It was a good trip back. The Bolts won their fifth straight game, 4-1 over Seattle, to start their stretch run.
Things have gone well for the Bolts as of late, as they did against Seattle. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy won his 26th game of the season, stopping 36-of-37 shots.
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The Bolts scored goals from Brandon Hagel (his 27th and his third short-timer), Nikita Kucherov (his 26th), Lukr Glendening and Nick Paul (an empty netter for his 17th).
The Bolts are now 32-20-4, comfortable in third place (and two points behind Toronto).
“It’s tough,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “You look at yesterday’s scores. There were monster numbers.”
The Bolts are on the road Tuesday night against Edmonton at 7:30 p.m.