It’s October, 31. Normally we would sum up results of the first month of regular season and make early predictions of the playoff race. But this year is different: the Stanley Cup Final was just about a month ago (however it does feel like it was a long time ago already) and we still don’t know when the next season is starting for sure. So, let’s take a quick look on how the 2019-20 regular season, which ended with a Stanley Cup Win, started for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The start of the season was very slow for the Bolts: they made several changes during the offseason to address the issues they had faced against the Columbus Blue Jackets during the memorable 0-4 loss in the first round of the 2019 NHL Playoffs.