TAMPA - Over the course of the past six weeks, the Tampa Bay Lightning looked lost or off kilter.
For the opening five months of the 2021-22 season, the Lightning looked very much like a team that won consecutive Stanley Cup titles. They were rolling along at a good clip, flip-flopping with the Florida Panthers at the top of the Atlantic Division standings for the right to hold home ice advantage for the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Tampa Bay had not lost consecutive games in regulation from the start of the season through the end of February. Then, as the saying goes, beware the losses of Mar...
