St Pete Times Forum watch party tonight. Rain/shine we'll be cheering on the Bolts. We'll move inside if the weather is bad.
Tampa Bay Lightning - via TwitterCan we get an episode five of Caps/Pens 24/7 where we watch the Lightning run through both teams?
Art Middleton, contributor at Defending Big D"In the East, Tampa Bay is picked to complete what would be the upset of the playoffs thus far, as EA SPORTS has the Bolts eliminating the No. 1-seeded Capitals in seven games, while the Bruins get a measure of revenge for last year's historic ouster at the hands of the Flyers with a six-game win over Philadelphia." The robots and geeks of the world are Lightning fans. ;)
EA Sports goes 8 for 8 in first round predictions"It looks like, to us, that they’re just throwing pucks around, but a lot of them have played together for a long time so they know where they’re going to be on the ice. For them, they get pucks and they throw them to the net, so sometimes it’s hard for us to know what’s going to happen when they’re just throwing things around. So for us, just to make sure that we know where they are. They’re talented guys, so we’ve just got to try and limit their chances the best we can."
Penguins defenseman Paul Martin on trying to contain the LightningWith only a fat lip as eviddence of a stick in the mouth and a double root canal, Marty St. Louis is on ice for practice in Pittsburgh.
St. Pete Times beat reporter Damien Cristodero via twitter, updating followers on the status of Marty St. Louis"I've been talking to guys like Marty (St. Louis) and Vinny (Lecavalier) for two years now about what it's like to be in the playoffs, so you do feel like you kind of know what to expect. Of course, until you've played yourself, you really don't know. But we have played Pittsburgh four times already this year, so we feel like we know what we're getting ourselves into there. It's really just a matter of being prepared for that.''
Steven Stamkos46-25-11 103 Points
The final record of the Tampa Bay Lightning after the conclusion of their regular season schedule tonight in Raleigh."With Steve Downie, if I were a referee I would never give a call when he's out on the ice. Stamkos, he dives every two seconds. Downie, he dives every two seconds, so you see that and you start to get a little hatred on."
Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau.