Cam Atkinson’s time away from the Lightning lasted just a week, as the team recalled the veteran forward a day ahead of Thursday’s game in Philadelphia. Atkinson was placed on waivers last Tuesday, a move that helped the Lightning clear cap space to make the trade with Seattle the following day that brought forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand to Tampa Bay.

Nikita Kucherov did not play in a Lightning 4-3 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday because due to an illness, but he was back on the ice for practice in Boston on Friday.

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled forward Cam Atkinson from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.

The Lightning have recalled winger Cam Atkinson from AHL Syracuse, according to NHL.com’s Benjamin Pierce. While they don’t need to make a corresponding move, he is the first of their four allotted post-deadline standard recalls.