A strong effort by the Vancouver Canucks at 5-on-5 was undone by some struggles on special teams.
If Flannery O’Connor was alive today and a sports journalist covering the Vancouver Canucks, she might say that a good 60 minutes is hard to find.
The Lightning took over the game in the second, outshooting the Canucks 18-to-5 and scoring twice to take the lead going into the third period. It didn’t help that the Canucks took three minor penalties in the second period to put the Lightning on the power play. “Our goal is obviously 60-minute efforts,” said Kiefer Sherwood. “There’s gonna be ebbs and flows in every game and momentum shifts but I thought our five-on-five play was a lot better tonight and our defensive detail was a lot better.”
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