Lecavalier Scoreless For Bolts: Vincent Lecavalier was held scoreless for the third straight game Monday since returning from a broken hand. He skated 16:09 in Tampa Bay's win over Washington. (Updated 04/02/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
There's obviously some rust here even though he's not absurdly below his average ice time for the season, plus he's still getting some power play time. Maybe he can get on the scoreboard in one of the team's last two games, but he's going to be under 55 points for the second straight season, not quite what you'd expect from one of the NHL's highest paid players. (Updated 04/02/2012).
04/07/2012 22:06 Stamkos joins 60-goal club, Purcell has hat trick in Lightning's OT win
Steven Stamkos scored his 60th goal of the season and Teddy Purcell had a hat trick -- including the overtime winner -- and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended their season with a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
04/04/2012 22:36 Winners & Losers: Wings get massive comeback win in St. Louis
The Detroit Red Wings regained their lead on the Predators for the fourth seed with a late comeback in St. Louis while the Canadiens' American stars had a big night.
04/04/2012 22:20 Canadiens snap skid, crush Lightning
Canadiens linemates Erik Cole and Max Pacioretty both scored two goals, and Montreal snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Wednesday night.
03/26/2012 20:45 Steven Stamkos sets Lightning record with 53rd goal of season
With a first-period snipe of a goal against the Flyers, Steven Stamkos netted his career-best 53rd goal of the season. That was good enough for a new Lightning franchise record, surpassing Vincent Lecavalier's mark set in 2006-07.
When is being a 70-point player a complete disappointment? Easy -- when your name is Vinny Lecavalier. It was but a few short seasons ago when Vinny's name was being tossed about as the best player in the game. Then along came injury, a huge anchor of a contract and disappointment after disappointment. But the reality is quite simple -- Vinny is a 70-75-point player who just happened to peak for two seasons. And those two seasons coincided with his opportunity to sign the most majestic contract of his career. Don't draft Vinny for more than 30 goals, 70 points and 50 PIMs. That's still pretty sweet considering only 24 guys hit 70 points last season. And only 28 hit 30 goals. (Updated 10/4/11)
