Tampa Bay Lightning

Ugly. Ugly. Ugly.

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Sean Burke allowed 5 goals on 14 shots before being replaced by John Grahame who allowed 1 goal on 10 shots faced. Ryan Craig recorded his 12th assist of the season on Dimitry Afanasenkov's game opening goal. It was all downhill from there.

Paul Ranger was -2 in 18:37 with 1 blocked shot. Craig was +1 in 13:20 with 1 shot and 2 hits. Evgeny Artyukhin was -1 in 8:22 with 2 shots, 4 hits and 1 blocked shot.

Post mortem at NHL.com.

Regardless of the outcome, we know what the Panthers have awaiting them.

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John Grahame stopped 42 of 47 in a game that saw a complete third period collapse by the Lightning.

Game sheet from NHL.com.

Old man Burke is staking his claim on the starting job.

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Sean Burke stopped 25 of 25 for the shutout. Vincent Lecavalier scored the game's only goal. Ryan Craig played 15:24 with 1 shot, 1 hit and 1 block. Paul Ranger played 14:05 with 2 blocked shots. Evgeny Artyukhin played 6:02 with 1 shot and 1 hit.

Game sheet from NHL.com.

The Lightning had an opportunity to put the stake completely through the Thrashers' heart tonight. They only managed to drive the stake halfway through.

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It was Sean Burke versus Mike Dunham in a matchup of the two slowest goaltenders in the league. Burke stopped 29 of 31 before stopping 2 of 3 in penalty shots. This I know for certain: Brad Richards is money in shootouts.

Ryan Craig scored the 15th goal of his rookie season on the power play. Pavel Kubina's return tonight pushes Timo Helbling out of the lineup. Paul Ranger played 18:41 with 1 shot and 4 blocked shots. Craig was -1 in 15:37 with 4 shots and 1 block. Evgeny Artyukhin played 5:19 with 1 hit.

Game sheet from NHL.com.

The natural balance of the universe reestablished as this loss almost certainly seals the Panthers' place in the draft lottery.

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Sean Burke stopped 29 of 30 shots faced in the victory. Vicent Lecavalier carried the Lightning with 2 goals and an assist while Fredrik Modin hit a milestone with his 30th goal of the season. With his 41st NHL game, Ryan Craig also graduated from prospect status here on Bolt Prospects.

Paul Ranger was a very nice +3 in 21:00 of ice time with 3 shots and one block. Ryan Craig was -1 in 16:16 with 4 shots, 1 hit and 1 block. Timo Helbling played just 2:18 with 1 hit but he wasn't the low man in ice time because Evgeny Artyukhin received just 2:06 of ice time with 1 shot on goal. Both players were even. Helbling's ice time was cut with the return of Dan Boyle to the lineup which forced Doug O'Brien out of the game sheet altogether.

Game sheet from NHL.com.