3. Needing Something from the Bottom Six
In addition to the Lightning top line finding their stride, the Lightning’s “second” line of Steven Stamkos, Nick Paul and Alex Killorn has been solid as well.
The truth of the matter is, the Lightning have not gotten much from their bottom two lines as far as goal scoring goes this season. The scoring has been very top heavy and could definitely use some output from somebody like Vlad Namestnikov who has even been seeing some work on the Lightning’s top power play unit.
There have been some decent chances created recently by these bottom six forwards. the chances have included two near goals that were eventually waved off by Namestnikov last Thursday against Carolina and Pat Maroon on Tuesday against Edmonton.
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