In their season opener in front of a packed crowd, the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Tuesday night at Amalie Arena.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning are coming off the franchise s second Stanley Cup after spending two months in a bubble in Toronto and then Edmonton and steamrolling their way through the playoffs, capped off with a six-game triumph over the Dallas Stars in the Cup Final.
So what now for an encore?
How about two in a row?
The Lightning will attempt to become the first back-to-back Stanley Cup champions since the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017 and just the second since the turn of the century when they embark on the 2021 regular season.