Here’s Nathan MacKinnon after Thursday’s 2-1 win at Tampa Bay. MacKinnon, 20, centered 30-somethings Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla and the trio combined for six points and 12 shots:
BETWEEN TAMPA, FLA., AND RALEIGH, N.C. — Check out our story from Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Lightning in Tampa Bay and a quick-hitting advance look at Friday’s opponent, the Carolina Hurricanes, . The ‘Canes beat the Islanders 3-2 Thursday night in Brooklyn, thus they too are playing consecutive-night games with travel.
The notebook from Thursday’s game leads with , who is still living rent-free in Denver.
From the Lightning’s side, has specifics the Bolts’ 155-minute scoring freeze and their season-high 35 shots against the Avs. Highest-scoring team in the league last season, folks. It happens.
Here’s Semyon Varlamov after his 34-save performance at Tampa (Varly worked with coach Patrick Roy at Wednesday’s optional practice at Amalie Arena):
After the game in Tampa, Roy said Varlamov will start at Carolina. Updates later, but probably exclusively on Twitter: @MikeChambers.
