SCRIMMAGE NOTES: For the third-consecutive day, the Lightning held an intra-squad scrimmage midway through practice sessions.
Sunday's scrimmage was the most intense yet.
In a game that featured hard hits, fast skating and relentless back-and-forth action, Ross Colton scored a goal early for the White team, which was led by NHL All-Stars Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman. Colton scored in Saturday's scrimmage too.
"He showed one heck of a burst of speed in yesterday's scrimmage when he got himself open, got past the defenseman and scored one whale of a goal," Cooper said. "You make plays like that, it makes a good impression on the coaching staff. He's got some wheels. We've got seven exhibition games, hopefully we can get some of these guys, including Colton, into one of them."
The Blue team, which featured Tyler Johnson, J.T. Miller and Anton Stralman, equalized on Otto Somppi's goal.
With the score tied 1-1 after regulation, the game was decided by a shootout. Alex Barre-Boulet was the only player from either team to convert, beating Andrei Vasilevskiy to the far post to give team Blue the victory.
"It was intense. Guys want to prove that they can play," Barre-Boulet said of the scrimmage. "It was clean though, no cheap shots."