SEATTLE — Facing the league’s hottest team Monday afternoon, the Lightning continued to shore up their defensive game.
The second-year Kraken returned home after winning all seven games of their road trip — an NHL record — and eight straight overall. In the new year, they’ve been the NHL’s best team, scoring a league-best 41 goals and averaging 5.13 per game, also tops in the league.
But if the Lightning want anything from their five-game trip out west, it’s to return to Tampa as a better team in their own end.