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The Tampa Bay Lightning suffered a 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping their first game of the road trip. Despite taking a 2-1 lead into the third period, the Lightning gave up three straight goals. This loss brings their road record to 0-3-1 for the season. Head coach Jon Cooper expressed frustration with the team's inability to play a complete game and find ways to win. The Lightning's road struggles are becoming a concerning trend as they prepare for important divisional games.
While this season is a small sample size to date, #GoBolts road woes are an alarming trend with a bigger picture view as they get set for a critical stretch of games against division opponents. #TBLightning https://t.co/oAh8hQ60xV
While this season is a small sample size to date, #GoBolts road woes are an alarming trend with a bigger picture view as they get set for a critical stretch of games against division opponents. #TBLightning https://t.co/oAh8hQ6ynt
While this season is a small sample size to date, #GoBolts road woes are an alarming trend with a bigger picture view as they get set for a critical stretch of games against division opponents. #TBLightning https://t.co/oAh8hQ60xV https://t.co/jYu3PqpAzZ
“One team came out & wanted to win the game & one team came out in the third & found a way to lose it. That's why there's three periods.” Going into the third period with a 2-1 lead, the #Bolts surrendered three straight goals in a 4-2 loss to Columbus. https://t.co/ni40B5Ow1D
Cooper on what it takes for a team to shift the momentum back in their favor: “The fact we just didn’t have push back was really disappointing and I know we gave up the first goal but we pushed pretty well there in the second period and there's no reason we couldn't push like… https://t.co/0UXrDASUef
Jon Cooper on the loss: “We are just finding ways to lose games. That’s it. That was a nothing game. That should have been easy and over”
Cooper: "We just didn't have any push. We really haven't taken penalties all year and we found a way to take three in the third. You want to give yourself a chance to lose, those are some of the things that we're doing that's why we're losing games."
Cooper: "I know we gave up the first goal, but we pushed pretty well there in the second period and there's no reason we couldn't push like that again. One team came out and wanted to win the game and one team came out in the third and found a way to lose it. That's why there's… https://t.co/XxJOWaj6Ey
Cooper: " You play 55 minutes of hockey and you play five minutes of not so good and it's burning us. I said it earlier. You've got to play a complete game and we are not doing that. If you're not going to do that on the road, you're going to have no chance of winning."
Jon Cooper: "We're just finding ways to lose games. That's it."
#Bolts played a great second period to grab a 2-1 lead, but they get outshot 12-6 in the third and give up three straight goals, dropping the first game of the road trip 4-2 to CBJ. TB moves to 0-3-1 on the road this season as they still look for their first win away from home.
#GoBolts lose in Columbus 4-2 after taking 2-1 lead into third. #TBLightning is 0-3-1 on the road this season.
#Bolts played a great second period to grab a 2-1 lead, but they get outshot 12-5 in the third and give up three straight goals, dropping the first game of the road trip 4-2 to CBJ. TB moves to 0-3-1 on the road this season as they still look for their first win away from home.
Final in Columbus, #GoBolts fall 4-2 after entering the third up 2-1, fall to 0-3-1 on the road and end a six-game point streak overall. Back at it in Ottawa on Saturday