Much like Thursday’s tilt between these two teams, there wasn’t much hockey played. With 312 penalty minutes between the two teams, all they could really work on was their special teams. To their credit the Lightning, who were the aggressor most of the night, killed off 13 power plays. Florida still managed to score six times with an extra skater in their 7-0 victory. It was just that kind of night.
After the Lightning announced six call-ups prior to the game it was obvious that the game would head in this direction. Things started early when one of those call-ups, forward Scott Sabourin, hit Aaron Ekblad along the boards and then started pummeling the Panthers’ defenseman.