In one of the more exciting games of the season so far, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 in overtime. The Bolts were on the second night of a road back-to-back down three of their best players. But that didn’t stop them from earning two points against the defending Stanley Cup finalist from the Western Conference.
The big story entering the game was standout rookie defender Mikhail Sergachev being a healthy scratch for the Lightning. The coaching staff didn’t address it before the game. Sergachev had a couple of rough games in a row and took a bad penalty last night so it makes sense that might have been the reasoning behind him not playing.