The Tampa Bay Lightning looked uncompetitive in a 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild in a late Wednesday night game. Andrei Vasilevskiy was a late scratch for the Lightning after suffering an illness, according to the team. Vasilevskiy wasn’t on the bench as Brian Elliott got his second start in as many nights. Zach Bogosian and Vlad Namestnikov also didn’t play on the second half of a back to back with travel. The Lightning went 11/7 instead with Foote and Fleury drawing in.
Joel Eriksson-Ek, Kirill Kaprizov (x2, ENG), Calen Addison, and Sam Steel all scored for the Wild, with the rookie defender Addison getting three points.