Lightning win battle of attrition against Panthers in Tampa

Jan Rutta said on the Fox Sports pregame show Sunday that the Tampa Bay Lightning were excited about playing the Panthers and wanted to erase the “sour taste” from their previous meeting.

Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky says he does not look back on past games, but the six goals the Lightning scored against him in his last meeting against Tampa probably had him looking for a little palate cleansing as well.

Regardless, it appeared both teams were hungry in this one as the latest rendition of the cross-state rivalry had a playoff feel with both teams trading punches throughout.