TAMPA -- When Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper heard that center Tyler Johnson had been hit in the mouth by a puck during warmups before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday at Amalie Arena, it would have been understandable if he thought, "Here we go again."
The Lightning were already missing captain Steven Stamkos because of a blood clot and No. 1 goaltender Ben Bishop because of a left leg injury; defenseman Anton Stralman recently returned from a fractured left fibula. Adding Johnson to their list of injured top players would have been par for the course for the Lightning.
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Lightning forward plays with full visor after being hit in face by puck during warmups