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Tampa's no-name defense getting it done

By By Jim Wilkie
NHL Insider

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

After winning the Southeast Division championship in 2002-03 and advancing to the second round for the first time in franchise history, it's not such a big surprise that the Tampa Bay Lightning are co-leaders of the Eastern Conference a little more than a month into the season. While goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and star forwards Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards and Cory Stillman get their share of the credit for the hottest start in the league (8-1-2-1), the Lightning's defense ...

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