It wasn’t a good week of hockey: losses to NYR/WSH/OTT & lost players make it a bummer right before the playoffs. How worried should we be? Cooper’s even dropping public quotes to fire up the team. Can the playoffs start already? #GoBolts
🐟We're happy on this April 1st to announce our new EXTREME FISHING podcast! Our hosts 'tackle' the big questions: Can dynamite be a game-changer? Cuban Sandwiches as bait? Will the bay allow full-contact boat battles? All this and more! #COYR #gobucs #raysup #gobolts #aprilfools
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The Panthers had a flurry of goals in the 1st. Five power play opportunities, clanging off the post, and goals overturned: all of these missed chances would have been the difference in a 4-1 loss to Florida. #GoBolts
🎥Tanner Jeannot is a Bolt after JBB trades away an entire draft-class worth of picks. Is it worth it? Who’s the odd-man-out in the lineup? Is it the only trade this week? Despite the debacle in PIT, there was 45 for Vasy & 700 for Kuch! #gobolts
Tage Thompson found holes in Vasy's goal three times, but the Bolts' offense of Stamkos/Hedman/Point/Cirelli/Colton found the net five times to send it to OT. In the extra time, the Sabres scored again on the breakaway. 6-5 home loss. #gobolts
⚡️The Lightning had shootout wins, shutout losses, and a nine-goal battle this week! Elliott was courageous, Hedman dished assists, Namestnikov stepped up, & Perry put points on the board! Happy birthday Espo! Is the PP a problem on the road? #gobolts
1 Point secured. It was a shutout goalie battle through regulation! Elliott The Moose was awesome, saving chances in a frantic 3rd period to equal a career performance by ARI's Connor Ingram. In the shootout, Keller was the difference. #GoBolts
⚡BOLTS WIN!! The Avs scored early, the Bolts had the answer, and the action boiled over to extra time. It took a shootout, but the good guys win 4-3! Kucherov/Cirelli/Namestnikov all scored, and Vasy made 43 saves! #GoBolts
🎥⚡️After the break it was ugly vs FLA & SJ, but Vasy earned his 1st shutout of the season vs COL & Hedman racked up assist #500 vs DAL! Cirelli/Hagel/Killorn had star-performances, and we ask how important is playoff positioning this year? #gobolts
⚡BOLTS WIN! Vasy made 28 saves, Cirelli dropped two goals in the basket, & Hagel also made the siren go brrr in a 3-1 victory! #gobolts
⚡️BOLTS WIN! Vasilevskiy stops all 30 Avalanche shots to earn his 1st Shutout victory of the season! Perry/Hagel/Point/Sergachev all light the lamp as the Bolts get the 5-0 win! #GoBolts
Brayden Point flirted with a hatty, but the Sharks came all the way back to force OT & put one home to give the Lightning a 4-3 OT loss. It's now 0-2 after the ASB with the Avalanche in town on Thursday. #gobolts
⚡️The Lightning had Kuch showing accuracy skills, Vasy had a perfect Tandem performance & also a killer All-Star helmet! With that (thankfully) behind us, we’re ready to get right back at it with a week full of FLA/SJ/COL/DAL! #gobolts
Can't wait to get back from the All-Star Break.. *checks notes*.. tomorrow. Everything went wrong in a 7-1 loss to the Panthers. Kucherov scored to make it a one-goal game in the 2nd, but seven goals on 49 shots were too much for the Bolts defense. #gobolts
⚡Here's our Bolts Of The Week as chosen by our hosts on this week's Lightning podcast! #gobolts
MIN ✅BOS ✅LAK ✅ All the foes downed by our Krewe of Electric Pirates! The home-ice stays secure! Vasy earned honors, Kuch/Ross/Heddy rules! Perry even lit the lamp! There’s even some cap math to do but Perbix is back with the big club. #gobolts
⚡️BOLTS WIN! Vasy stopped 26 shots to protect the Gasparilla booty! Point/Bellemare/Perry stormed the Kings in the 1st, Colton added another in the 2nd, & Hedman did his thing in the 3rd for a 5-2 victory! #gobolts
Stamkos got goal number 500, oh and it was also on a HATTY vs VAN! While the rest of the trip vs EDM/CGY wasn’t as fun, we still get to talk about a good week for Cirelli & Point. We’ve got some All-Stars, & soon-to-be Lightning HOFers! #gobolts