Tampa Bay Lightning. He played in his first game with the Lightning on October 3, 2009, in a 6–3 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. Foster earned his first point as a member of the Lightning on November 21, an assist on a goal by Martin St. Louis in a 3–1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. The next game, on November 22, Foster scored his first goal with the Lightning, against Ondřej Pavelec of the Atlanta Thrashers in a 4–3 win. On November 27, Foster had his second NHL career two-goal game, scoring twice against Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers in a 5–1 victory. In 71 games with Tampa Bay during the 2009–10 season, Foster scored 8 goals and a career-high 42 points, although the Lightning failed to reach the 2010 playoffs. After the season, Foster became a free agent. Edmonton Oilers (2010–2011) On July 1, 2010, Foster signed a two-year, $3.6 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers. He played his first game with Edmonton on October 7, 2010, in a 4–0 victory over the Calgary Flames. On October 21, he earned his first point as an Oiler, providing an assist on a goal by Aleš Hemský in a 4–2 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Five days later, on October 26, Foster scored his first goal with Edmonton, against Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff in a 5–4 loss. In his ongoing effort to get the NHL to change its icing rule, on February 3, 2011, Foster told TSN that there were complications during his surgery to repair his broken femur. Foster bled out and was in danger of losing his leg and could have died. A surgery that typically takes three hours took close to eight hours to complete. Foster wondered aloud if the NHL would have changed the icing rule had he not made it through the surgery. He said that he would like to see the NHL change the rule before anybody else has to go through what he went through, or worse, such as a spinal injury. Don Cherry of Hockey Night in Canada had also been lobbying for many years for a rule change and had been critical of the NHL for not transitioning to no-touch icing. On February 12, 2011, Foster recorded his 100th career assist, a secondary assist on a goal by Andrew Cogliano in a 5–3 Oilers loss to the Ottawa Senators. Foster finished