It’s not easy being a back-up goaltender in the NHL. Especially for a team that loves to throw their starter out as much as the Tampa Bay Lightning do with Andrei Vasilevskiy. For Jonas Johansson, there is a lot of time to dwell on bad starts, and unfortunately, he’s had more than his share so far this season.
So, after the first shot from the Nashville Predators found the back of the net, there had to be a sense of “here we go again” floating through his mind. Instead, JoJo battled back, stopping 28 of the next 29 shots he faced, getting the Tampa Bay Lightning to overtime, where Brayden Point’s power-play goal proved to be the difference.