Cooper Blasts Lightning Effort After Season-Opening Blowout
Jon Cooper criticized Tampa Bay's effort after a 5-1 season-opening loss to the Rangers. He said the team showed little pushback and played as if the game was an inconvenience. The Lightning managed six third-period shots despite nearly seven minutes of power-play time, and Igor Shesterkin scored an empty-net goal for New York.
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... No extra. Ensure no markdown? Plain text. Good. Need check EXPANDED total under 120. Let's final. Ensure no copying source phrasing? "New York killed all seven Tampa Bay power plays" source: "New York’s penalty kill went 7-for-7". We rephrased. "The Lightning managed only six third-period shots despite nearly seven minutes with the man advantage." Source: "Tampa Bay generated just six shots on goal in the third period, even with almost seven minutes of power-play time." We changed. "Cooper also pulled Andrei Vasilevskiy for a 6-on-4 while trailing 4-1 with almost ten minutes left, then did so again later." Source similar but original enough. "Igor Shesterkin’s empty-net goal at 17:26 of the third made him the first Rangers goalie to score." Source: "Igor Shesterkin sealed it by firing the puck into the empty net at 17:26 of the third, becoming the first goalie in Rangers history to score a goal." We changed. "New York’s earlier goals came from Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Dorofeyev, Eeli