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OTTAWA http://www.officialcanadiensprostore.com/authentic-adidas-karl-alzner-jersey , Ontario (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning added another impressive milestone Monday, picking up their 60th win of the season with a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators.The Lightning, who play their final three games on the road, are just the third team in NHL history to win 60 games in a season.The other teams to win at least 60 regular-season games in a season are the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens (60-8-12) and the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings (62-13-7).“Winning 60, you’ve got to give a ton of credit to those players,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “From being in the league a while now and understanding what a grind it is to play 82 with the schedule and everything and to win three out of every four and to do it all year long.“You’ve got to give those guys credit because in the end we’ve kind of been looking at the playoffs for a while and they keep bringing it so I’m really proud of the guys.”Yanni Gourde led the way with two goals and an assist. Mikhail Sergachev, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos also scored for the Lightning (60-15-4) and Nikita Kucherov had two assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.Brady Tkachuk and Max Veronneau scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson, playing in his 400th game with the Senators, stopped 21 shots.The Senators felt there were a number of lessons to be taken from playing the league’s top team.“When you look at individual guys, their top-end guys, and you see what they do away from the puck and see how they get open and stuff like that,” Tkachuk said.“That’s what I do when I’m on the bench is try to have a look at those top-end guys if I’m not on the ice with them is try to learn from them a little bit.”Tkachuk has been impressive in his rookie season and set a franchise record for most goals by a teenager with his 21st.“He came in really wanting to prove that he was capable of playing in the league,” interim head coach Marc Crawford said. “He was ready to take on all comers. At the start of the season he impressed with how hard he forechecked and how hard he played. Where his progression has come is he’s become more of a player throughout the year.“Everything we give him Jonathan Bernier Jersey Womens , he takes and just tries to implement his own identity on to the areas that we gave him. What I like most about him is he doesn’t waste any shifts.”Trailing 3-1, the Senators made it a one-goal game as Veronneau scored his second career goal in tight on Vasilevskiy, but less than a minute later the Lightning regained their two-goal lead with Gourde scoring his second of the game on a breakaway.Gourde made the most of playing with Point and Kucherov.“It’s pretty amazing,” Gourde said. “These guys are so good. They’re so talented, they see the ice so well. They skate, they work hard. I mean there’s not much you can say about them, they’re amazing players.”Stamkos made it 5-2 with less than three minutes remaining.The Lightning jumped out to a 3-1 second-period lead after a slow start to the game.Sergachev made it 2-1 midway through the period with a shot from just inside the blueline with Anderson screened, while Point made it 3-1 with his 41st of the season. Gourde made a behind-the-back pass to Point, who was left all alone out front.The Lightning opened the scoring at the 12-minute mark as Kucherov saw Gourde at the side of the net and he tapped it into the open net.Ottawa tied the game late in the period as Tkachuk beat Vasilevskiy through the legs.NOTES: Ottawa’s Mark Borowiecki missed his second straight game and Mikkel Boedker was a healthy scratch for the second straight game. Tampa was without Victor Hedman, who’s dealing with an upper-body injury. Tampa recalled goalie Eddie Pasquale from AHL Syracuse. Louis Domingue is dealing with a lower-body injury.UP NEXT:Lightning: at Montreal on Tuesday night.Senators: at New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The Toronto Maple Leafs have been lacking depth and quality at the defense position for a couple of seasons, but now it's really starting to cost them important games.This past Thursday night, the Leafs were defeated by the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning. The final score was 4 to 1 in favor of the Lightning, thanks to their three goals in the second period.Two of those three goals coming in the last 40 seconds of that period and the Leafs' defense is what lost them this game. Their offense did all it could by outshooting the Lightning by 49 to 21. But Mike Reilly Jersey , the Lightning's goaltender,聽Andrei Vasilevskiy, made a number of fantastic saves to keep the Leafs off of the score-sheet for the majority of the game.advertisingThe goaltending advantage part did not age well pic.twitter.com/8eqLtzaZ0k— Jake (@goaltending3131) December 14, 2018Those two goals in the last 40 seconds of the second period show how dysfunctional the Leafs' defense is. Even though they have one of the best offense's in the league, their defense is the thing that is holding them back from complete success.Their top-two defensemen are without a doubt Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner, but that duo isn't performing well enough, especially to get them past the first round in the playoffs this season. They will need to acquire more defensive defensemen to improve their defensive game.advertisingOther than Travis Dermott, the Leafs don't have much quality behind their two top defensemen. What would really solve their problems, would be to acquire the much sought after number one defenseman.The Leafs general manager, Kyle Dubas, had trade discussions about trading for a defenseman like that, before William Nylander ended his holdout. But now with him signed, the likelihood of that happening is very low. NarcityStill Womens Paul Byron Jersey , the Leafs need to make an upgrade on the defensive end, so they won't be giving up comfortable leads or allowing multiple goals late in periods anymore. This game against the Lightning isn't the only time the Leafs have struggled defensively either.advertisingThe last example was last Saturday night against the Boston Bruins. It was the lack of skill they have on their defense that cost them the game again. The Bruins scored in every period of the game and ultimately won by a score of 6 to 3.Just because you have one of the best offenses in the league, doesn't mean you don't also need quality players on defense. Which, following this loss, the Leafs are starting to believe. They will need to find a way to fix this problem, or they may find themselves losing too many games to keep them in the playoff race.What This Means This loss should come as a wake-up call to everyone in the Leafs organization. For the past couple of seasons, they have focused on outscoring their opponents, rather than out defending them.advertisingBut, this Leafs team is good enough to be capable to do both of those, if they just add a top-defensemen. If the Leafs were able to do this, then they would be able to pair Rielly with a partner to match his style of play. All of this would likely lead to the Leafs actually becoming a championship contending team.