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Tyler Johson on slump: 'You have to laugh'

After getting robbed on yet another scoring chance, this time a partial breakaway late in Friday's second period, Lightning center Tyler Johnson's frustration boiled over, smacking his stick against the back boards.

Johnson has zero goals in eight games, the only Lightning forward without a goal, despite 27 scoring chances, 10 high-danger ones, per war-on-ice.com.

"By the end of it, I was kind of laughing," Johnson said. "That's all you can really do. It's pretty ridiculous. Those things happen. Whether it be in juniors or when you're young or in pro or whatever. You go in slumps, but you always bounce back somehow.