Lightning work to correct mistakes from season opener

So here's the good news:
The Tampa Bay Lightning played, according to them, below their standard in Saturday's season opener at AMALIE Arena versus the Florida Panthers, particularly in a dismal first period, and still managed to pull out a 2-1 shootout victory and two points from the contest.

The bad news?
There are numerous areas the Lightning need to clean up if they want to get a win the next time they take the ice Thursday at home against the Vancouver Canucks.
Fortunately for the Bolts, they have four days between the season opener and game No. 2 to fix their mistakes.
"They're not all going to be pretty, but we'll take it, move on and have another training camp until our next game," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said following the win over Florida, alluding to the fact his team has an unconventional amount of days without a game.
On Monday, the Lightning went through a training camp-like practice at the Ice Sports Forum, complete with two nearly hour-long sessions, numerous drills and a mini-game at the end with the losing team skating sprints at the conclusion.
"The way we played in the first period (against Florida), it wasn't the right way," Tampa Bay forward Yanni Gourde said after Monday's practice. "We went on the ice and we worked really hard and I think that was good for us."

So what were the issues from Saturday's game?
They mainly occurred in the first period. The Lightning had trouble breaking the puck out of their own zone. There was plenty of work on that Monday. The Bolts' passing was as poor as its been in quite some time. A large chunk of practice was devoted to tape-to-tape passing. And Tampa Bay's intensity wasn't at the level it needed to be, which Florida took advantage of with a 16-4 shots advantage through 20 minutes and a 1-0 lead.
To be sure, that last deficiency was a major point of emphasis for the coaching staff, and the intensity was amped up considerably for Monday's practice.
"From being on the ice and kind of reading the situation from what it was, it felt like we were, we kind of lost our structure a little bit," Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman said of Saturday's first period. "We really didn't have a structure once we got the puck. Everybody was just going and the support wasn't there. Everybody wants to do the right thing, but it's just one of those things where everybody goes and you just go out of your own way. We didn't have our game."
The Lightning were considerably better in the second period, outshooting the Panthers 14-8 and controlling play for much of the frame. The Bolts produced numerous scoring chances but couldn't take advantage of them, the execution in that final moment not what it needed to be. The Lightning carried over their improving play into the third period, but three-consecutive penalties prevented the offense from shaking loose.
The penalty kill saved the day, however, keeping the Panthers from converting on five power plays (three in the third period) and even producing a goal of its own when Anthony Cirelli and Alex Killorn converted a two-on-one shorthanded break, Cirelli having his pass to Killorn kicked by the skate of Aleksander Barkov but recovering in time to scoop the errant puck into the net.
So were the errors in the first period then a simple case of Opening Night jitters?
"I don't know. It happens," Cooper said. "The frustrating part was the lack of execution, just a simple tape-to-tape pass, the passes in the skates, it just slowed us down. And give Florida credit they came inspired and ready to play. But I really liked our answer. We answered in the second period and penalties took over a little bit in the third. In the end, you're down a goal at home going into the third period, you pull out a win, that's a good sign."