Lightning's Win Streak: Can They Hold Top Spot?

It's March 30th.

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The tababay Lightning are owning the Eastern Conference right now, sitting in the number

one seed thanks to a tiebreaker over Buffalo and Carolina.

They went three wins, zero losses, and one tie in their last four games, capping an

eight-game point streak where they won six in regulation.

After a rough stretch from late February to mid-March with just two wins and nine, they

flipped the script and put themselves in prime position for.

Some eyes through the first three playoff rounds, with nine games left.

Even without Nikita Kutcheroff for two games, the team kept rolling, led by J. Gwentsell's

four goals and four assists.

Charlotte, Aduar, Deusdus, and Brandon Hagle, each notched six points.

Darren Reddish added five, and Goli Jonas Johansson stole a three-two win over.

Nashville, stopping 29 of 31 shots.

Andre Vasilevsky was solid but not spectacular in net.

Fans and writers are buzzing about head coach John Cooper's shot at his first Jack Adams

award as top coach.

Poles from early March had him leading the pack, and now with the turnaround, he's neck

and neck with Buffalo's Lindy Ruff.

As the league's longest tenured bench-boss, two-time cup-winner and four-time east champ,

it's high time he gets that hardware.

Looking ahead, the Lightning face a tough three-game homestand starting Tuesday at 7pm, Eastern

against Montreal, then Thursday at 7pm against Pittsburgh, and Saturday at 5pm against Boston,

that April 6th clash with Buffalo looms as a must-win for the division.

With momentum like this, Tampa's prime to keep climbing.

But these next tests will show if they can hold the top spot through the stretch run.