It’s not easy for a team to score goals if they are not getting their shots on net. On Saturday night the Tampa Bay Lightning managed only twelve shots on net in their first two periods against the Minnesota Wild. By the time their offense actually started to direct some shots on Devan Dubnyk, it was too late to matter and the Lightning found themselves on the wrong side of a 5-2 score.
For the first time all season, the Lightning are actually be facing a bit of adversity. With the loss on Saturday night they have now dropped five of their last seven games and given up almost four goals a game during that stretch.