The Bolts jumped out to a 3-0 lead and were looking dominant. Then for some odd reason, they stopped working the puck deep into the zone and in front of the net, favoring long slap shots from above the circles.

 

Tampa Bay is not the league's best defensive team and they rely on great goalie play. Vassy was not great last night.

 

Tampa Bay's record goes to 4-1-1 and Minnesota's to 4-2-2.

That’s a gut punch to be up 3-0 and then lay down like that. I followed the box score and when I went to bed it was 3-0. Needless to say, I was shocked this morning when I saw the score.

That was a really frustrating game to watch.