When the schedule was originally released back in the summer, the month of February was shockingly light in actual NHL games due in part to the All-Star and Olympic breaks. For the Tampa Bay Lightning there were only three regular season games scheduled, including their Stadium Series game against the Nashville Predators. Well, that’s all changed.
With the NHL players pulling out of the Olympics and the league needing to reschedule almost 100 games that were postponed due to COVID, February became a lot busier. In fact, the Lightning’s workload has doubled. That’s right, they’re up to six total games now.