TAMPA - Forget about the result of Saturday's home opener for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
It wasn't that they picked up two points with a 3-1 victory against the Washington Capitals. It wasn't about how they improved to 21-9-2-1 all-time in their first game on home ice in franchise history. The game wasn't about the brilliance of goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Everything about the game came in the form of the team's response to opening night two days prior.
On Saturday, they played the game with their eyes wide open. The result they deserved came solely out of the way they played the game on thei...
