Lightning Round: Game Four is a Monday matinee special

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty ImagesGame Four is the most important game in a seven game series. Well, at least until Game Five. Actually Game Three is pretty important as well. Are any games not important in a seven game series? Probably not, but lets stick with Game Four. The Lightning played really well for 50 minutes in Game Three and they need to emulate that effort on Monday to take a commanding lead in the series.

The Blue Jackets were tired on Saturday and the Lightning took advantage of it. They came out strong, but faded as the night wore on. It wasn’t just due to the fact that they had played a lot of hockey over the previous week, but the Lightning forechecking and puck…