"If we can cut out these penalties, even in half, we’ve got a whole new game. The entire dynamic changes. We’ve got to focus on the things we have to improve, but at the same time recognize what we’re doing right and what’s improving. If we don’t do that, we’re going to get lost in this process, and that’s not us. It's like we have been patching a leaking hole in the ceiling and suddenly another hole opened down there. So we go down there, and well, the previous one is leaking. We've got to make sure we patch solidly before we start moving onto other leaks. But we’re going to get through this. We’re fighters."
"How do you eat an elephant? A bit at a time. If you look at an elephant, it's too big. And any big problem, you have to break it down."
Nate Thompson is expected to play tonight, Boucher said, though the center didn't practice for what was called body maintenance.
Lightning D Marc-Andre Bergeron has two goals and six assists in a five-game points streak. … Lightning killer Thomas Vanek, who has 22 goals in 24 game against Tampa Bay, entered Friday second in the league with six goals, tied for the lead with three power-play goals and tied for second with 10 points. The left wing has points in all six of Buffalo's games and is tied for the league's longest points streak. … Tampa Bay G Mathieu Garon is 1-7-0 in eight games against the Sabres, with a 3.61 goals-against average and an .878 save percentage.
Boucher put wings Teddy Purcell and Ryan Malone with Steven Stamkos instead of Vinny Lecavalier, and Marty St. Louis and Connolly with Lecavalier instead of Stamkos.
The lines combined for three goals and seven points.
Lightning D Mattias Ohlund might be out six weeks or more, GM Steve Yzerman said Thursday.
That's bad news for a struggling defense, and it makes the uncertainty about D Eric Brewer's mystery injury more acute.
Ohlund, off skates since Sept. 30 after arthroscopic surgery on both knees to clean out "loose bodies," originally was to be sidelined four to six weeks.
"But in light of having been 'scoped and talking with the doctors, we're thinking more likely six weeks and potentially a little longer," Yzerman said.
"Frustration can't be in the minds with either the players or the staff. That's our job, to get better, and it's our job to take it one step at a time and make sure we get it. It's not about crushing ourselves and being disappointed and negative. That's the legacy of pessimistic people who sit and wait for good things to happen. If the glass is half empty, it's because we choose to see it half empty. We see it half full. When things are difficult, it's adversity, and adversity is the building blocks of success."
RYAN MALONE:
"I’ve been in some bad games, and this one could have been worse, but we are playing like an inexperienced hockey team . . . and everybody has to look at themselves in the mirror and pick it up another gear because we don’t deserve to win any of these hockey games, that’s for sure. It’s very embarrassing, we don’t want to do that to the fans who put their hard-earned money into purchasing tickets to see the new rink, and everything looks great, and for us to come out like that is not acceptable."
szerintem is, de nem most. én úgy számolok, hogy decemberre állunk össze + Ohlund is addigra tér vissza. szerintem lesz egy komoly szériánk onnantól. az meg majd kiderül, hogy mindez mire lesz elég. remélem, nem kerülünk addigra a tavalyi devils helyzetébe
Goaltender Dwayne Roloson allowed at least five goals in his third straight game. But the Panthers — with two goals and four points each from Stephen Weiss and Kris Versteeg — moved the puck at will and took 16 of their 33 shots with the man advantage.
The Lightning also won just four of 16 shorthanded faceoffs.
The Lightning was called for 11 penalties and was shorthanded nine times. Its 36 times shorthanded is a league worst.
"If we can stay five on five, we give ourselves a chance," coach Guy Boucher said. "We did some good things five on five. We scored four goals (in the game), and that should be enough to win at home."
A fórumban a kiadvány regiszrált látogatói kapnak lehetőséget magánvéleményük kifejezésére.
Ezen vélemények nem tükrözik a kiadó szerkesztőségének álláspontját.
és Gudas is összehozott máris 4-et (2+2)
Gabriel Vincent Lecavalier (kurvajó neve van:D)
