Vladislav Namestnikov scored a goal in each of the first two games. Alex Killorn scored a much-needed goal to get the Lightning on the board on Monday against Washington. Chris Kunitz tallied his first goal as a member of the Lightning in the same game.
The Lightning, it would appear, aren't limited to just one or two guys to score the bulk of the goals. A look up and down the roster shows close to 10 players with a legitimate chance to score at least 20 goals this season.
"For us as a team to have depth scoring, it's not just Kuch or Stammer or the usual suspects that score every goal, to have Pointer, (Tyler) Johnson, (Ondrej) Palat, everyone scoring, it's huge for us," said Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman, who has yet to score a goal himself this season but is also a threat to ring the back of the net when he touches the puck. "(Chris) Kunitz scored his first one. Vlad (Namestnikov's) got a couple. Him playing with Kuch and Stammer, we saw last year before Stammer went down, how deadly they were. It's fun to see a lot of guys contributing, and not just on the scoring sheet but with the way they play too. To be able to put the puck in the net and have that throughout all four lines is deadly."
Currently, the Lightning have four players - Kucherov, Namestnikov, Point and Palat - with multiple goals. Only Chicago (6), Toronto (6) and St. Louis (5) have more. Chicago and St. Louis have played one more game than the Lightning too.
The balanced scoring keeps opposing defenses from keying on one player or one line. That makes it difficult for teams to send their top pair or their best checking line out on the ice to shut down the Lightning's best line because they don't have a best line.