Lightning rookie Gourde extends goal-scoring streak

Yanni Gourde is having quite the rookie season for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The 25-year-old, who's been toiling away in the AHL since 2011, debuted to little fanfare back in December. Since making his way back to the Lightning roster in early March, Gourde has come up with a few spectacular offensive efforts.

He's ramped things up as of late, however, coming up with three goals in as many games - the latest coming during Tampa Bay's Saturday night tilt against the Montreal Canadiens.

Gourde's goal came by way of a slick top-shelf deflection that found its way past Carey Price, which wound up being Tampa Bay's only goal of the night.

Gourde is simply the latest in a long line of young Lightning forwards showing offensive promise. That's nothing new for Tampa Bay, as they already possess two of the game's finest goal-scorers, Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, as well as one of the brightest playmakers of the future in Jonathan Drouin.

The odds of the Lightning making the playoffs this season remain slim, but with depth options like Gourde doing their part, the club might just have enough offensive juice to hold on until reinforcements return to the lineup.