{"id":239745,"date":"2026-04-21T01:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239745\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T01:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:24:28","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-look-to-bounce-back-after-game-one-loss-in-stanley-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239745\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning look to bounce back after game one loss in Stanley Cup Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TAMPA, Fla. – Sunday’s Stanley Cup<\/a> Playoff opener for the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> may have just been one game, but it resulted in a game one loss<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Obviously, you’d like to get game one under your belt, but sometimes it doesn’t go that way, and you just have to get ready for game two,” said Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

The Bolts were called for seven penalties against the Canadiens on Sunday night, and would go on to give up three power-play goals, including the game winner in overtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That’s the easy part to pick apart on video, the penalty killing,” said Forward Brandon Hagel who scored a pair of goals in the loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We believe in our penalty kill, and we’re going to continue to.”<\/p>\n

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By the numbers:<\/p>\n

Despite experience making deep playoff <\/a>runs, the Bolts have now lost 10 of their last 11 home playoff games while also losing 11 of their last 12 overtime playoff games.<\/p>\n

“That’s a tough one because it was the opposite before that, and now it’s come into a tough trend.\u00a0 So, it’s something we’re going to have to fix,” head coach Jon Cooper said.<\/p>\n

Now, the Bolts look to turn the page on their game one loss and on their mental mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

“Everyone has just got to be a little bit better. Urgency has got to be there for us tomorrow night, and we’ll be ready to go,” forward Anthony Cirelli said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beyond a need for urgency, the Bolts also have a sense of belief in themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“There’s a lot of belief in the room whether we’re down one, up, or whatever it may be, really. We feel like we can pull out games,” Raddysh said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

Down (1-0), the Bolts will hope to tie up the series during game two Tuesday night at 7:00pm inside Benchmark International Arena<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: The information in the story was gathered by FOX 13’s Sean Barie while on assignment covering Monday’s Tampa Bay Lightning media availabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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