TAMPA, Fla. — This Lightning season has had its share of ups and downs, but one thing the team has avoided is a major injury to one of its top players.
On a night in which Tampa Bay got top defenseman Victor Hedman back from what looked to be a scary injury Sunday in Carolina, captain Steven Stamkos left Saturday’s 3-1 win over Chicago at Amalie Arena with an apparent left leg injury.
Stamkos, who had shaken his injury-plagued past with his first 100-point season in 2021-22 and played all 66 games this season, appeared to hurt himself while trying to get back to his feet after falling to the ice battling for a puck against the boards in the offensive zone.
