In what was forecasted to be a clash of the titans, the #1 and #2 teams in the NHL faced off tonight in Florida. Tampa Bay took the first penalty early in the game. Nashville, per usual, was unable to do anything except cycle the puck around on the power play. Kyle Turris scored Nashville’s first goal with 13:58 remaining in the first on a fluky bounce in front of Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Right before the period drew to a close, Ryan Johansen was able to pull a puck off the boards away from a Bolts defender.