The Tampa Bay Lightning had a chance to move to within a point of the Florida Panthers for first in the Atlantic Division with a win in Sunrise over the Cats.
The Bolts were riding high having won seven games in a row, one victory away from tying the franchise record for consecutive wins set by the 2003-04 Stanley Cup championship team.
Florida, however, emphatically snuffed that streak with a thoroughly dominating 4-0 victory in front of its home crowd.
In consecutive victories on back-to-back nights over defending Stanley Cup finalists Tampa Bay and Chicago, the Panthers proved to the rest of the league they’re no flash in the pan.