March 31, 2009
The Tampa Bay Lightning have a 4-game win streak on the go, vaulting them into 5th place in the Eastern Conference.
During this current win streak, the Lightning have done something they have not done all season - score an abundance of goals. To be precise, they have outscored their opponents by an astounding 25-4 margin in that period.
Perhaps it is not coincidence that those games are the 4 that the team has played since the Trade Deadline. The two key acquisitions at the deadline for the club, Alex Tanguay and Ed Jovanovski, have been nothing short of stellar.
Jovanovski has been partnered with Dan McGillis, who has been one of the steadying forces on this club since he arrived earlier in the season. Jovo, as he is called by his team mates, has picked up a pair of goals and 6 helpers in those 4 games as a Lightning, while compiling a +6.
Tanguay has found instant chemistry playing on a line with Rod Brind'Amour and Jeff Friesen. Friesen himself arrived just a few days before the Deadline, and has scored a half dozen goals in that short time. Since Tanguay joined the pair, replacing Jere Lehtinen, he has a goal and 5 helpers and is a ridiculous +8 in those 4 games. For the record, Friesen is also a +8 in the last 4 games, and leads the team with a +26.
As the regular season winds down to the home stretch, the Lightning also have something they have not had all season long, and that is multiple scoring weapons. In their latest 8-1 dismantling of the Atlanta Thrashers, 8 different players scored goals, including 3 defencemen.
Team leaders on the club with 14 games left are as follows:
GOALS
31 Rod Brind'Amour
24 Bobby Holik
23 Mike Knuble
ASSISTS
42 Bobby Holik
38 Rod Brind'Amour
36 Ed Jovanovski
POINTS
69 Rod Brind'Amour
66 Bobby Holik
49 Mike Knuble
PLUS/MINUS
+26 Jeff Friesen
+18 Mike Knuble
+18 Mike Rathje
PENALTY MINUTES
203 Mike Fisher
113 Bobby Holik
87 Roman Hamrlik
POWER PLAY GOALS
6 Rod Brind'Amour
6 Bobby Holik
5 Roman Hamrlik
SHORT HANDED GOALS
2 Rod Brind'Amour
6 tied with 1
SHOTS
190 Rod Brind'Amour
161 Bobby Holik
152 Ed Jovanovski
HITS
304 Ed Jovanovski
235 Dan McGillis
206 Roman Hamrlik
- Laci Bloomers reporting -
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