TAMPA - The emotional tone of Tuesday's rematch between Tampa Bay and Carolina dropped significantly.
If Monday's temperature rose to red hot levels then playing on consecutive nights saw things drop to more of a cooling blue tone.
So, too, did the Lightning's level of play.
One night after putting together their best game from start to finish in weeks, Tampa Bay took a bit of a step back on Tuesday and lost more ground in the Central Division with just 10 games left in the season.
On the offense back in a funk, a Ghost impersonation, the surprising and rare starter in net, when a split isn't...
