In Game One, the Tampa Bay Lightning established their will with their special teams prowess. In Game Two, the Florida Panthers thoroughly outplayed the Lightning. Yet, in both games the outcome was the same - the Lightning won.
This was supposed to be the series where the Panthers showed that they weren’t the plucky young team that was just happy to be in the playoffs. After a bit of a rough start to the series against Washington they bounced back to win the final three games. That task will be much more difficult against the Lightning.