The Pittsburgh Penguins Try To Strike Down the Tampa Bay Lightning

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The Pittsburgh Penguins Try To Strike Down the Tampa Bay Lightning

The Pittsburgh Penguins realize that their series against the Tampa Bay Lightning could go to seven games with the way that both teams are playing. Tampa Bay fell into a two-goal hole early with some uncharacteristic mistakes and was not able to overcome them. Though a pair of Marty St. Louis power-play goals dug the Lightning out of the first-period deficit, more costly mistakes cropped up on the game-winning goal, which occurred 31 seconds after St. Louis tied the game.

The Lightning have scored four power play goals against Pittsburgh in the past two games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal. Though Tampa Bay finished the season with the top power play in the conference, the success against in the past two playoff games comes from an adjustment in the team's alignment.

After playing most of the season running a point position, Marty St. Louis has been moved to the half-wall and slot area to utilize his puck retrieval abilities while Eric Brewer has moved onto the top unit running the left point while Steven Stamkos works the right point.

Tampa Bay's success rate -- 4-for-11 in the first three games -- against the No. 1 penalty killing team in the league will no doubt mean the alignment stays in place heading into Wednesday's Game 4, despite Boucher's initial resistance to alter things down the stretch of the regular season. This series could go back and forth and come down to a game seven.

The Penguins are 7-15-1 in the last 23 meetings in Tampa Bay which leans in the favor of Tampa Bay as they try and rebound to knot up the series. In an exciting game that comes down to the third period, the Lightning comes out on top.

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