From the Pressbox: Early Surprises

Today, in From the Pressbox, we focus on teams that are off to surprising starts, positive and negative.

Eastern Conference

Tampa - The Lightning are off to a 6-2 start and are being led by the usual suspects who are pacing their prolific offense, which has scored almost five goals per game so far. Steven Stamkos leads this pack with seven goals and nine helpers. Veterans Martin St Louis (14) and Vincent Lecavalier (11) are also producing at better than a point per game pace. Rookie Cory Conacher, size-wise a St. Louis clone) is right in that mix and leads all first year pros with 12 points. No fewer than seven players have scored at least three goals each.

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