So far, the Tampa Bay Lightning look like they could have some dangerous high-end scoring from the likes of Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Drouin and Ondrej Palat. Considering their rate of injuries, they might just need them to stay hot.
The Lightning lost Brett Connolly (lower body, featured in this post’s main image) and J.T. Brown (upper body) for the rest of the night, the team confirmed.
Brown, 24, was shaken up by a hard hit from Chris Thorburn of the Winnipeg Jets. It’s not immediately clear how Connolly, 22, was injured.
Updating the Lightning injury report on the website is becoming a full-time job
— Andrew DeWitt (@AndrewRDeWitt) October 25, 2014
Understatement: it looks like Stamkos’ brave words about fighting through injuries will be tested, at least over the next couple weeks.
Update: It sounds like Tampa Bay will be without Brown and Connolly tomorrow:
Cooper said he doubts Brown or Connolly will be available tomorrow against Minnesota. #TBLightning #TBLvsWPG
— Bryan Burns (@BBurnsNHL) October 25, 2014
Tampa Bay still ended up winning 4-2.