Tampa Bay Lightning know defense has to improve, even with highest scoring offense

TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Lightning average 3.58 goals per game, nearly .20 more than the next closest team.
The Lightning have scored 240 goals on the season, 16 more than the next closest team.
It’s not really a surprise to see a team with Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov has scored more goals than any other team. It’s not a surprise that a team with three 25-goal scorers – Brayden Point, Stamkos and Kucherov – and five 20-goal scorers – which includes Yanni Gourde and the recently traded Vladislav Namestnikov – would lead the league in scoring.
The Lightning have proven time and again that t...