The Florida Panthers entered the game swearing that all of the pressure was on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Down 2-0 in the series they had nothing to lose. The Lightning didn’t play like a team facing a lot of pressure, in fact they played like not only was their no pressure, there was no importance to the game. That led to an entertaining 6-5 overtime victory for the Panthers.
They were the better team for the most of the night, while, outside of a 5-goal second period, the Lightning played passively and were plagued by their old nemesis - the turnover.