The almost-best in the west meet the actual best in the east tonight, in a matchup that, had anyone known these two teams were going to be this good, probably should have gotten an air date on national TV.
The Lightning have two regulation losses so far this season -- a loss to the Florida Panthers in the opening days of the season, and a lackluster performance against the Anaheim Ducks at the end of October. The Lightning routinely put up absurd numbers of goals. The league average right now is 3.02; the Lightning have three or more goals in twelve of their sixteen games.