Sunday, 4 a.m.
Yeah, they start slow. Yeah, they did themselves a hole too often. Yeah, they tend to turn games into uphill climbs.
But on days such as Sunday, the Tampa Bay Lightning treats slow starts as minor inconveniences.
The Bolts fell behind for the fifth straight game, and they fell behind by two goals for the fourth straight, before waking up and taking a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators at Benchmark International Arena.
The Bolts started slow, and struggled to get their offense going in the first period. But they charged back with two goal in the second and the third.
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy won his 35th game, stopping 25 of 27 shots.
Emil Lilleberg scored the wining goal 8:51 into the third period. He had a goal and two assists in the game.
Also scoring for the Bolts were Brandon Hagel, Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Jake Geuntzel (his 34th on the year).
The Bolts try to get off to a better start today when they play against Nashville (and former teammate Steven Stamkos) at 5 p.m. at Benchmark.