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As you've all been waiting to figure out whatt to plan your weekend around, now you know. Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal match-up between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay...

The Eastern Conference Quarterfinal match-up between the Lightning and the Penguins goes to game three tonight, and the only thing we know for certain going into tonight's action is that this series will be at least five games.

We're in intermission of Game 2 between the Bolts and the Penguins. This is your 2nd period game thread -- join us to talk hockey.

Tickets, and they ain't cheap, to watch Game 3 from Vincent Lecavalier's personal suite at the St.. Pete Times Forum, are on sale now. Help raise money for the Lecavalier Children's Cancer and Blood Disorder center

The Tampa Bay Lightning are playing the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. A lot of hockey experts are picking the Penguins to win the series, but here's why the Lightning might not lose.

The Lightning start the playoffs on the road. That doesn't mean you have to sit alone at home to watch the game. The Bolts plan viewing parties for every road game of the playoffs.

Rick Tocchet chimes in about Round One, predictions for the 2011 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, and a lot of other stories from around the web.

A new day dawns, and the second season begins. Everything you knew is now rendered moot. Everything you will know will be provided to you on a game-by-game basis. The 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin now for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

This isn't the end of the Lightning's NHL season, nor is it the beginning of the end. It's the end of the beginning.