The Tampa Bay Lightning embarked on a long and hard journey this afternoon at the Amalie Arena. The Lightning opened up an eight-game homestand against one of the hardest-hitting teams in the National Hockey League, the Broad Street Bullies themselves, the Philadelphia Flyers.
Unfortunately, things didn’t exactly get off to the start the Lightning and their fans would’ve hoped for. At 6:22 in the period, Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy would be whistled for Tripping as Flyers forward Taylor Leier was sent tumbling to the ground. The penalty would be served by defenseman Mikhail Sergachev.