Bolts By The Bay Round Table: Power Play Edition

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Tasha Meares

The biggest problem that has been plaguing the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Power Play unit has been offensive pressure. Unfortunately, there are no two ways about it; you will fail to score on every single shot you refuse to take.

While I will digress that we have always been a proponent of quality over quantity, taking zero shots on goal during a man advantage is simply unacceptable and something that seriously needs to be addressed.

In the Lightning’s 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens last Tuesday night, we saw a flicker of the Power Play squad that we started out the season with. While this is a great improvement over what we have seen in the past month or so, there is still some work to be done.

The biggest impact on the Power Play has hands down been the “Triplet Line.” Then again, what can’t in some fashion be attributed to their amazing play this season? Both Lightning power play goals against the Canadiens on Tuesday were awarded to center Tyler Johnson with the assists to his linemates Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov.

In my honest opinion, if the Lightning can continue to produce on the Power Play the way they did on Tuesday night and give those three more ice time during the man advantage, then they may have everything they need in order to get the job done already in place.

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