TAMPA, Fla. — It didn’t take long for the Lightning to get fired up Friday night at Amalie Arena.
Just two minutes into their contest against the Blues, Lightning forward Pat Maroon rushed into the corner to engage Blues defenseman Niko Mikkola after Mikkola checked Lightning forward Rudolfs Balcers into the boards, knocking him out of the game with an upper-body injury.
Moments later, all five Lightning skaters jumped into the corner to go after Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo after he collided with goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.