The Lightning have now gone 0-2-1 in their last three games. In two of those – the regulation losses to the Philadelphia Flyers – the Lightning have not played well. Granted, this performance wasn’t nearly as bad as Monday’s defeat, a game in which the Flyers completed dominated the Lightning. In this game, the Lightning brought a much higher compete level. Their execution, however, wasn’t very good, and offset any potential advantage gained from that higher compete level.
The lopsided nature of Monday’s game in Philly was not only due to a poor performance by the Lightning. The Flyers were extremely sharp in that game, which also played a big role in how the game unfolded.