The Tampa Bay Lightning were one of the best teams in the NHL last season. So far this season, they’ve been far from that. We wrote on Tuesday about how frustrating they’ve been to start the season. Much of that frustration is due to how inept they’ve looked offensively. A team known for high-powered offense has put up multiple games already this year that would’ve been among their worst offensive performances of last season.
So far this season, the Lightning rank 24th in expected goals, which is huge drop from 9th last season. And that drop in offense isn’t met by any sort of improvement in defense.