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Penguins defeat Lightning 5-4 in afternoon affair

We’re not going to go in depth with today’s recap. The Tampa Bay Lightning, fresh off learning they had clinched a playoff spot last night, started slowly, battled back in the third period, before losing 5-4 to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The loss snapped their 7-game road points streak and kept the Penguins playoff hopes alive.

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For the Lightning, their hottest goal scores kept scoring as Steven Stamkos potted two goals and Nick Paul stretched his goal-scoring streak to a career-high three games.