For now, all the Bolts can do is practice and wait

Another day, another game postponed for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On Thursday, the Lightning learned their game in Dallas Saturday would be postponed because of ongoing power issues around Texas due to a massive winter storm that hit the state Monday.
That the Lightning were even in Tampa still practicing inside AMALIE Arena Thursday was because their game scheduled for that night in Dallas had to be moved too because of the storm.

Saturday's postponement was the fourth time already this season a contest between the Lightning and the Stars didn't go off as scheduled. The two teams have yet to play this season.
It's almost as if the hockey gods don't want a replay of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final.

For now, the Lightning are in limbo, waiting to find out what their next move is while continuing to practice to make sure they're ready when that move comes.
"I've got a scenario for every situation that could happen," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "We've just got to wait and get the word. But to us in the room, it's no skin off our back. Another night in our beds, it's not a bad thing."
After a day off Wednesday - a day that was originally scheduled to be a travel day - the Lightning returned to the rink Thursday, practicing at AMALIE Arena while their future schedule remained in limbo. They spent a large portion of practice working on playing faster and getting north-south, something they failed to do in their last contest Monday, a 6-4 loss to the Florida Panthers.
"You just try to stay ready," Brayden Point said. "You know it's an extra day to practice to work on things that we need to work on. There's lots of things we need to get better at. The extra practice day is nice, and you don't get too out of the swing of things with missing a couple games."
The Lightning would like to get back to playing as soon as possible. Their last time out was not their finest performance. They turned the puck over regularly, fueling Florida's offense in a 6-4 setback, Cooper saying after his team's "self-inflicted wounds" led to their defeat.
Normally, following a poor showing, teams like to go right back out and play again to wash away those negative feelings.

The Lightning, instead, have been left to stew over losing two of three to the Panthers and watching their in-state rival take over first place in the Central Division.
"Kind of two sides to that coin," Point explained. "In one sense, you want to get back out there and prove you can play better. In the other, you can take time to kind of reassess and focus on things you need to work on. Kind of take it either way with the situation we get to look at things and work on in practice. I thought we did a good job in practice, so hopefully it'll translate to the game."
Right now, the Lightning are making the best of an uncertain situation. And trying to maximize their newfound extra time.
"It's always good to practice, no matter what," Cooper said. "It's a hard league to fit in schedules during the year, and when you get to fit them in, you've got to make good use of them. It's good to get a practice in."