For just the second time this calendar year, the Lightning end up in the loss column bringing their seven-game winning streak to an end.
All good things must come to an end, and for the Lightning it happened Saturday night. On the verge of tying a franchise record with eight consecutive wins, Tampa Bay fell to the Florida Panthers 5-2 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise.
In a battle for the lead of the Atlantic Division, the Lightning took a step back as they're now in a tie for second place with Detroit as the Panthers took a clean five point lead for first.