![]() ![]() Never miss out on the latest with the Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Florida college sports and more. Encina that brings you closer to the ice. Sign up for Lightning Strikes, a weekly newsletter from Bolts beat writer Eduardo A. “We have so many skill guys on this team that can make a play, so I think we just kind of wait for our chances and, first and foremost, be good on that (defensive) side of the puck, and the offense will come for us.” ![]() “I think when we’re playing good defensively, that’s what creates offense for us,” Cirelli said. Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak’s empty-net goal with 1:54 left capped the win. Just under 12 minutes later, Maroon jumped on another Cirelli rebound, gaining an inside edge on Capitals forward Tom Wilson and poking the puck into the net. Maroon crashed the net, then tucked the rebound past goaltender Darcy Kuemper 4:30 into the third. We get to take advantage of it, and I thought we did (Thursday).”Ĭirelli intercepted a pass at his blue line, outraced Capitals defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk to the puck and whipped a shot on net from the right dot. So, I’m sure they didn’t get in until 2:30, 3 o’clock in the morning. We’ve been on that before, playing in Washington and then having to come here. That’s a brutal back-to-back (for Washington). “For the most part, we carried it into (Thursday),” Cooper said. A commanding 4-0 win at Carolina followed Tuesday, and the Lightning continued to build momentum against a beleaguered Capitals team that had traveled from Washington for the second of back-to-back games. The Lightning’s surge started Saturday in Boston, where they were encouraged by a 2-1 loss to the NHL-leading Bruins. We’ve got to keep doing it for a while now.” And I think everyone’s done that, and we’ve got to keep doing it. ![]() “We’ve had enough, and it’s when you’ve had enough you’ve got to start to rely on yourself and look yourself in the mirror. “We’re too good of a hockey team to just let it just keep floating like this,” said forward Pat Maroon, who crashed the net to score two third-period goals for his first multigoal game since Nov. With six games remaining in their regular season, the Lightning (44-26-6) can punch their ticket to the postseason outright with a win over the Islanders on Saturday. The last three games have been great, but we’ve just got to keep on building and keep on getting better.” “That’s a big thing in the playoffs, limiting goals and limiting chances. ![]()
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