TAMPA - The Stanley Cup Playoffs require a certain type of mindset.
Adapt and survive in the race to four in any series.
It's Al Davis hockey, Just Win, Baby. It doesn't matter how you win.
But sometimes, it does matter how you lose.
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, Thursday's Game 3 was one such instance.Tampa Bay had the chance to snuff out any hope the upstart Florida Panthers had of winning a playoff series for the first time since 1996. The Lightning erased a two-goal deficit in the second period to grab a lead, saw the Panthers pull back even before a pair of late power play goals extended...
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