Remember three days ago? It was Friday and Bolts Nation was losing their minds at the notion that the Tampa Bay Lightning could lose two games in a row — both in extra time so the team still got two points in two games. Fast forward one weekend, and just look and laugh at how silly we sounded all the way back then. The sky is as high as it could possibly be. It’s warm and sunny with a 12-point lead over the next team in the entire NHL.
First, the Lightning walked into AMALIE Arena on Saturday night dressed in black to play the Pittsburgh Penguins.