The Detroit News
Sunrise, Fla. — The Lightning won two straight Stanley Cups playing like there’s no tomorrow.
And after an even-tempered Game 1 of their second-round series against the cross-state rival Panthers, things intensified Thursday night Gat FLA Live Arena.
The Lightning were certainly wounded by hard hits and harder pucks, wearing out the walkway before their bench and the locker room.
Throughout a rink of lunging bodies, the Lightning escaped South Florida with an electrifying 2-1 win over the Panthers on Ross Colton’s game-winning goal with 3.