Pigga Calgary Swedes were not enough

The home team Tampa Bay had to score three goals before Calgary challenged - with great help from the team's Swedes. Mikael Backlund scored until the 3-1 goal. Then Elias Lindholm was able to score his 28th goal of the season when he got the puck by Erik Gustafsson, after a bump in the coffin, and pushed it between Tampa Bays goalkeeper Andrej Vasilevsky's leg.

Lindholm then ended the match by also matching Calgary's third goal. But before that Tampa Bay had scored a fourth goal and the Swedes' efforts were never enough to confirm.

Tampa Bay's injured point hero Steven Stamkos will be gone between six and eight weeks, the club announces. So he looks to miss the rest of the regular NHL season. Steven Stamkos has scored 66 points on the 57 games he has played during the season. But a muscle injury in the trunk has recently put a stop to the star, who has missed five of the team's last ten matches.

- You can't replace him, he is one of the best in the world at what he does, says coach Jon Cooper.

On Monday he will be operated on and the rehabilitation is expected to take between six and eight weeks. As a result, Tampa Bay loses its second most important scorer during the rest of the regular season - and probably even during the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

- It's tough, says team coach Jon Cooper and continues:

- If it had not been necessary, if it had not been for his best, we would not have done it. We always take care of the player in the first place.

Tampa Bay is in second place in the Eastern Conference, seven points after Boston who pulled in from the top. The question is whether the Florida team has the power to challenge without their captain on the ice.

- Steven is obviously important to us. He has been so good to us this season through the way he plays and his leadership, says teammate Yanni Gourde, according to nhl.com.