The Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-1.
Steven Stamkos scored twice, Mathieu Garon stopped 31 shots and the Lightning picked up two points over a very good team in Tampa Bay's return to the ice from the Christmas break.
The Flyers outshot the Lightning 17-4 in the first period and 12-4 in the third, but Garon stood strong in net. Several highlight-reel saves kept the Flyers from scoring, and the Lightning's offense was able to give some support and ended up scoring 5 goals.
Hopefully this big win against one of the top seeds in the Eastern Conference spurs some confidence in the Bolts. After many games on the road to start the season, the schedule is finally balancing and the Lightning will play the majority of the rest of their games inside the soon-to-be Tampa Bay Times Forum. They're going to need to take advantage of the home ice and string some more wins together.
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