The Tampa Bay Lightning headed to the West Coast yesterday to begin their road swing out there. The Lightning started their trip at Winnipeg yesterday. They move onto Vancouver on Tuesday, Calgary on Thursday, and Edmonton on Saturday.
The big news yesterday prior to the game was that Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman, who had been out with injury, was ready to return.
On returning tonight: "It's going to take time to get back into game shape and everything that comes with it. Just going to try and keep it simple and do my job as best I can.