It was a rough start to the 2015-16 season for Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Nikita Nesterov. After coming out of nowhere last year and providing an offensive element to the Lightning blue line during the team’s Stanley Cup Playoff run, Nesterov struggled out of the gate, turning the puck over and getting beat by opposing forwards in what seemed to be every other shift.
Now, after 10 games in Syracuse where Nesterov scored one goal and assisted on three more, Nesterov is back with the Tampa Bay Lightning as the team heads to the west coast for their annual California road trip.