Maybe the Tampa Bay Lightning shouldn't have nine days off between series?
That's the thought that courses through my mind after witnessing the two suffocating showings in Games Three and Four after the team opened up so poorly on the road. The Lightning wasn't the Lightning to start the series, and a hungry and emotionally driven New York Rangers team took advantage of that. However, series aren't won in Games One or Two—they're not won in Games Three and Four either, but the momentum generated from the latter games appears to influence a series differently.