The Tampa Bay Lightning won their hurricane-delayed home opener over the Vancouver Canucks, but the impact of two recent major hurricanes overshadowed it.
Debris, malfunctioning stoplights and power outages remain around the Tampa Bay area a week after Hurricane Milton devastated parts of Florida. Milton came on the heels of Hurricane Helene, which also hit the region hard.
\"This is different,\" Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. \"We\'ve kind of been in this position before a few years ago but not quite like this. There\'s disarray everywhere. There\'s many people still in hotels, including myself. It\'s been really tough to see how people are negatively affected.\"
Via ESPN.com