Summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning remained perfect on home ice Thursday night, defeating the Winnipeg Jets 6-4 to extend their home winning streak to six games and tie a franchise record to start a season. On today's Daily Strike, Steve Versnick breaks down an eventful Halloween Night victory that featured offense throughout the lineup and another power-play goal from the surging Bolts. The Lightning jumped on Winnipeg early and built a commanding 5-1 lead through two periods behind goals from Brayden Point, Conor Geekie, John Carlson, and Brandon Hagel. Tampa Bay's power play stayed hot as the club scored with the man advantage for the fifth consecutive game. The Jets made things interesting in the third period, scoring three times to cut the deficit to one, but the Lightning answered with an empty-net goal from Pontus Holmberg to secure the win. Holmberg finished with a career-best four-point night, recording a goal and three assists in one of the best performances of his young season. Hear postgame reaction from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Brandon Hagel, and Pontus Holmberg as the Lightning improve their impressive start and continue climbing the Eastern Conference standings. In Today's Episode: Full recap of the Lightning's 6-4 win over the Winnipeg Jets The Bolts improve to 6-0 at home and tie a franchise record for consecutive home wins to start a season Pontus Holmberg's career-best four-point performance (1 goal, 3 assists) Goals from Brayden Point, Conor Geekie, John Carlson, Brandon Hagel and Holmberg Tampa Bay's power play scores for the fifth straight game Postgame reaction from Jon Cooper, Hagel and Holmberg Preview of Saturday afternoon's matchup against the Nashville Predators This Day in Lightning History: Steven Stamkos scores the first two goals of his NHL career in a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on October 30, 2008 Happy Birthday to former Lightning forward Pat Elynuik Updates from the Syracuse Crunch and Orlando Solar Bears as both clubs are in action tonight The Lightning now head to Nashville looking to continue their strong play after matching a franchise record on home ice. Subscribe to Daily Strike for daily Tampa Bay Lightning news, game recaps, player interviews, prospect updates, and everything happening around the organization. #TampaBayLightning #GoBolts #NHL #LightningHockey #PontusHolmberg #BraydenPoint #ConorGeekie #JohnCarlson #BrandonHagel #JonCooper #WinnipegJets #DailyStrike #BoltsNation #HockeyPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.