The Bishop takes the King

Tampa, Fla. — With trade talks littering the airwaves in Tampa, well maybe just our show, the Lightning came into tonight’s game still in last place in the Eastern Conference.   They are coming off a win Saturday in overtime against the Anaheim Ducks and looked to to make it back to back versus the Southern Cal teams.

Part of the trade talks,  Ben Bishop’s name… so what’s does Bishop do… notch his first shutout of the year.

The first period ended with the Lightning up 1-0. Jonathan Drouin scored the lone goal in the first, unassisted. Even with the score 1-0, the shot count was tilted in the Kings favor at the end of the first at 17-6.  the Kings looked to be the better team in the first twenty minutes.

The second period would tell to be pretty exciting if you like rough and tumble hockey. Lots of pushing and shoving, and the Lightning #86 Nikita Kucherov got a beautiful breakaway pass at 6:55 in the second period, from Vladislav Namestnikov, with Andrej Sustr leading the charge. Goal horn sounds, the Lightning go ahead 2-0. Within seconds after the celebration, Braydon Coburn saved Bishops rear by moving a puck out of the crease to keep the score at 2-0.

Newcomer Gabriel Dumont had a glorious moment at as he scored his very first NHL goal at 11:02 in the second to put the Bolts ahead 3-0. The assists were from J.T. Brown and Victor Hedman. With just twelve shots on goal, three have slid by #31 Peter Budaj of the Kings and the bus stopped to get gassed up.

Second period ended with Nikita Kucherov scoring his second goal of the game, assist from Vladislav Namestnikov, these two were on a roll. Bolts were leading 4-0, first time they had a lead like that in quite some time, the bus started.

Two in a row, four points… at the “Oil Can!”

Brayden Coburn padded the stats as he scored his second goal of the season at 13:08.

The Lightning hit the road for four, Minnesota and Winnipeg the five day “spring break” Dallas and Colorado.

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1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	LA	TB
7:46		Jonathan Drouin (16) Unassisted	0	1
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
4:15		Victor Hedman: 2 Minutes for Hooking
6:26		Tyler Johnson: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
6:26		Drew Doughty: 2 Minutes for Hooking
9:41		Marian Gaborik: 2 Minutes for Slashing
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	LA	TB
6:55		Nikita Kucherov (20) Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Andrej Sustr	0	2
11:02		Gabriel Dumont (1) Assists: J.T. Brown, Victor Hedman	0	3
18:18		Nikita Kucherov (21) Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Luke Witkowski	0	4
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
2:14		Andy Andreoff: 2 Minutes for Roughing
2:14		Andrej Sustr: 2 Minutes for Interference
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	LA	TB
13:08		Braydon Coburn (2) Assists: Jonathan Drouin, Joel Vermin	0	5
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
6:44		Tyler Toffoli: 2 Minutes for Interference
10:04		Braydon Coburn: 2 Minutes for Hooking