Report: Tyler Johnson played through broken wrist

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper talks about losing the Cup and the bright future of his young squad.

Tyler Johnson wasn’t himself in the Stanley Cup final, and it sounds like a broken wrist is the reason why.

The Tampa Bay Lightning centre suffered the injury early in the final, according to Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.


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The 24-year-old led the Lightning in scoring this post-season, racking up 13 goals, 10 assists with a plus-7 rating in 25 games for the Eastern Conference champions.

However, Johnson was held to just two points in six games against the Blackhawks and didn’t score in the last three games of the final.

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