The Tampa Bay Lightning had a strong start to the season with a 6-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Reilly Smith mentioned that the team's game improved and they focused on finding alternate ways to score. Jon Cooper praised the team's work ethic and special teams performance. Steven Stamkos highlighted the team's compete level and work ethic as the key to their success. Luke Glendening scored his first goal with the Lightning, which energized the team. The Lightning have won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
“We're starting to feel where guys are and know where their tendencies are on the ice...I think we're finding that work ethic.” The #Bolts have won back-to-back games for the first time this season after an emphatic 6-0 victory over San Jose Thursday. https://t.co/FlZZssoOhM
Steven Stamkos on what he liked about this win: "It was our compete level and our work ethic. That is what set the tone for the whole game and you get rewarded when you play like that. They are in a different phase over there. They got some good, young players who are going to be… https://t.co/iRHSpNTYvn
Stamkos: "These are games that hopefully build some confidence in what you want to achieve going forward. Work on some system things. We've been talking a lot about some changes we've made and this was a game that was 4 or 5 nothing kind of halfway through the game. You just… https://t.co/nBAAAbeIkx
Steven Stamkos: "Just our compete level, our work ethic, that's what set the tone for the whole game. You get rewarded when you play like that. They're in a different phase over there. They've got some good young players that are going to be good players and they're hungry for a… https://t.co/eKPfENj7KF
Cooper on the Glendening line: "I thought the line was great. Shears was awesome. You look at both of those goals. Glenny, they got that puck low to high and tip and the Ice one, same thing. When you find yourself around the net, I thought they were hounding pucks. They came up… https://t.co/CD6s5OMrHI
Cooper on Luke Glendening's first goal with the #Bolts: "Guys like Luke don't score a ton in the year but they mean so much to the team. The guys on the bench were really fired up when he scored. It was like a pool shot wasn't it? He tipped it, it went off a couple of butts and… https://t.co/oRXTj2AaZn
Cooper: "There's a lot of good things. I liked the way we played in our end again. We're not spending a whole ton of time in there. When we do, we're not really giving up a whole lot and if we do give something up, the goalie's there for us."
The Reilly Smith game
Jon Cooper on the #Bolts start: "A lot of good things have happened especially for a team that has a lot of new faces. We work hard so I like that out of the gate. Our special teams have probably been a bright point so far this year and the goaltending has been probably something… https://t.co/eFbvnc2avF
Reilly Smith: "I think our game improved from St. Louis, and that was part of the mindset today, but we still have a long way to go. The puck’s not going in, so you have to find alternate ways to score, and I think that was also part of practice today."